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/sˈaʊndɪŋ laɪn/ Listen

noun

Sounding n.

The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).

(Naut.)

(a)

Measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.

(b)

Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; usually in the plural.

(c)

The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.

Sounding lead, the plummet at the end of a sounding line.

Sounding line, a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings.

Sounding post (Mus.), a small post in a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument; called also sound post.

Sounding rod (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold.

In soundings, within the eighty-fathom line.

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Etymology of 'Sounding line'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sounding line" Quotes from Famous Books

... barbarian theology. It is rarely possible to formulate satisfactory conclusions with any degree of certainty, and before further discoveries are made we shall frequently be compelled to weigh contrasting probabilities. We must frequently throw out the sounding line into the shifting sea of possibility in order to find secure anchorage. But at any rate we perceive with sufficient distinctness the direction in which the ...

— The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism • Franz Cumont

... spent the next two hours pacing backward and forward on the quarter deck, watching the hauling in of the sounding line, and occasionally casting a glance towards all ...

— All Around the Moon • Jules Verne