( n. )
One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps."
( n. )
One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps."
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012