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Definition of Leadsman
1. n. The man who heaves the lead.
Definition of Leadsman
1. Noun. (obsolete) (lodesman) (a (leader) or (guide)) ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) A (sailor) who takes (sounding soundings) with a (lead), measuring the depth of water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leadsman
1. a seaman who measures the depth of water [n LEADSMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leadsman
Literary usage of Leadsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"Let a leadsman cry, ' Half twain ! half twain ! half twain ! .half twain ! half
... and no longer consciously listening to the leadsman; and in the midst of ..."
2. Hydrographic Surveying: Methods, Tables and Forms of Notes by Samuel Hill Lea (1905)
"leadsman. The leadsman is usually an important member of the sounding crew, since
upon his skill and rapidity the progress of the sounding party is largely ..."
3. Hydrographic Surveying: Methods, Tables and Forms of Notes by Samuel Hill Lea (1905)
"The recorder is provided with a note book, in which he records the depths as they
are ascertained and called out by the leadsman. ..."
4. Oxford City Documents, Financial and Judicial, 1258-1665 by James Edwin Thorold Rogers, Oxford (England) (1891)
"Llewellyn, prince of Wales, 183, 204. leadsman, Thomas (1665), 92. Lock, John (1524),
67. ... leadsman ..."
5. The History of Our Navy: From Its Origin to the End of the War with Spain by John Randolph Spears (1898)
"... WOULD NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY A leadsman —MOBBING THE TENNESSEE. MOBILE BAY lies
like a great bell open to the south—a bell that is thirty miles long, ..."
6. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1917)
"The regular post of the leadsman is beside the taffrail fair-lead. 2. ... At the
same time the leadsman sees that the lead is properly armed, ..."
7. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"In any event there will be in the boat the chief of party, the recorder, the
leadsman, the oarsman, and possibly a signalman. This comprises the entire ..."
8. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"the depths аз called of! by leadsman, and also the times of sounding. :i -s
leadsman by calling out "Sound" about 5 sec before each sounding is The leadsman ..."
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