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Meanings of lead line in inglês

(Nautical) plumb line for determining depth.

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Examples for "sounding line"
Examples for "sounding line"
1
Earth has no sounding line to fathom the depths of a mother's heart.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
2
The buoy to which the sounding line had been lashed had not yet been recognized.
From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
3
Jerry, up in the bow, was using the pole as a sounding line, and calling out:
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; Or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
4
The winch upon which the sounding line was wound was worked by hand on this cruise.
The Worst Journey in the World / Antarctic 1910-1913
5
We hope to use this long sounding line in going across from the eastern to the western shore.
How I Found Livingstone / Travels, adventures, and discoveres in...
Usage of lead line in inglês
1
Emma threw up her hands, the lead line snapping in the air.
Take a Chance on Me
2
Next, lap coil the lead line as you pull up the slack.
Climbing Magazine
3
The bosun took the lead line and climbed out on the ship's beak.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
4
Joe Chambers dropped a lead line overboard and watched it closely.
By England's Aid; or, the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)
5
Perrin held the lead line to one of the packhorses they had brought south.
The great hunt
6
With a lead line 100 feet long, they took soundings and found no bottom.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
7
This he tells by the marks on the " lead line" as follows:
A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" / From the Diary of Number Five of ...
8
Abner Marsh moved the lead line around and frowned.
Fevre Dream
9
The lead line was a length of twine with a lead weight tied to one end.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
10
The lead line is shown on the gums.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
11
Leaving behind a few biners, I was able to clip my lead line in and protect myself.
Climbing Magazine
12
Take the lead line forward and sound.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
13
My shoe string lead line hung out from the wall, tied at the anchor 150 feet above.
Climbing Magazine
14
I measured it with the lead line.
Moby Dick
15
Leader and follower never have to flake the lead line, or pull up extra rope throughout the day.
Climbing Magazine
16
A hank is a looped bundle of rope, e.g., a lead line done up in a mountaineer's coil.
Climbing Magazine
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Lead line through the time