leadline
leadline noun: a leash or strap for leading an animal. Also the alternative form of lead line.
Noun (1)
leadline (plural leadlines)
- A leash or strap for leading an animal.
Noun (2)
leadline (plural leadlines)
- A sounding line; an instrument used in navigation to measure water depth.
- Approximately 60% of inshore hydrography was acquired by leadline (pre-1940) sounding technology.2004, 2004 Atlantic Boating Almanac: Gulf of Mexico, →ISBN
- A weighted line for holding down the lower edge of a gillnet.
- To attach the bridles, start measuring from the point on the gavel 16 metres from the floatline wheree you have seized the end of the leadline.1987, M. Ben-Yami, Purse-seining with Small Boats, →ISBN, page 46
- The hold was empty, without a net, corkline, leadline or buoy to be found.1993, Dana Stabenow, A Fatal Thaw, →ISBN, page 103
Also used as
leadline is also the alternative form of lead line.
Forms of leadline
| plural | leadlines |
|---|---|
| alternative form | lead line |
Origin of leadline
From lead (verb) + line.
From lead (noun) + line (after the metal); the attached plummet is usually made from lead.
Questions about leadline
- What does leadline mean?
- Leadline means a leash or strap for leading an animal.
- What part of speech is leadline?
- Leadline is a noun.
- What is the plural of leadline?
- The plural of leadline is leadlines.
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