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Lead line   /lɛd laɪn/   Listen
Lead line

noun
1.
(nautical) plumb line for determining depth.  Synonym: sounding line.






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"Lead line" Quotes from Famous Books



... should be kept as simple as possible, not only on this account, but because complex outlines cannot well be cut in glass. A head, for instance, is inclosed in sweeping line, and the profile defined within the lead line by means of painting. A hand would be defined on the same principle. Each different colour demands a different inclosure of lead, although in the choice of glass much variation of tint can be obtained, as in the case of pot metal running from ...
— Line and Form (1900) • Walter Crane



Words linked to "Lead line" :   sounding line, navigation, seafaring, perpendicular, sounding lead, plumb line, sailing



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