a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
[ 1300-50; ME ]
a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
[ 1300-50; ME ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012