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/ledz"meuhn/, n., pl. leadsmen.a sailor who sounds with a lead line.[1500-10; LEAD2 + 'S1 + MAN]
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Leadsman — Leads man, n.; pl. {Leadsmen}. (Naut.) The man who heaves the lead. Totten. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
leadsman — [ledz′mən] n. pl. leadsmen [ledz′mən] Naut. a man who uses a lead line to take soundings … English World dictionary
leadsman — noun Date: circa 1841 a man who uses a sounding lead to determine depth of water … New Collegiate Dictionary
leadsman — leads·man … English syllables
leadsman — leads•man [[t]ˈlɛdz mən[/t]] n. pl. men. Naut. navig. a person who sounds with a lead line • Etymology: 1500–10 … From formal English to slang
leadsman — /ˈlɛdzmən/ (say ledzmuhn) noun (plural leadsmen) Nautical a man who heaves the lead in taking soundings. {combination of two words originally in a syntactical relationship; lead s (genitive case) + man} …
leadsman — I. ˈledzmən noun (plural leadsmen) Etymology: lead s (gen. of lead) (IV) + man : a man who uses a sounding lead to determine depth of water II. ˈlēdzmən … Useful english dictionary
Leadsmen — Leadsman Leads man, n.; pl. {Leadsmen}. (Naut.) The man who heaves the lead. Totten. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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