sounding line

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   (nautical) plumb line for determining depth

   Synonymslead line

   Broaderplumb line

   Partssounding lead

   seafaring

Questions about sounding line

What does sounding line mean?

sounding line means "(nautical) plumb line for determining depth".

What is another word for sounding line?

Close synonyms include lead line. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sounding line a common word?

sounding line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.