sounding machine
sounding machine noun: a device used to measure water depth beneath a ship, consisting of a winch or windlass that deploys and retrieves a weighed line or wire.
Noun
sounding machine (plural sounding machines)
- A device used to measure water depth beneath a ship, consisting of a winch or windlass that deploys and retrieves a weighed line or wire.
- My fist went out like an arrow from a released bow, and Tom Spink staggered back, tripped against the corner of the tarpaulin-covered sounding-machine, and sprawled on the deck. He tried to make a fight of it, but I followed him up, giving him no chance to set himself or recover from the surprise...1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLV
sounding machine meaning in Tamil
sounding machine in Tamil
- ஆழங்காண் எந்திரம்
Forms of sounding machine
| plural | sounding machines |
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Questions about sounding machine
- What does sounding machine mean?
- Sounding machine means a device used to measure water depth beneath a ship, consisting of a winch or windlass that deploys and retrieves a weighed line or wire.
- What is sounding machine in Tamil?
- Sounding machine in Tamil is ஆழங்காண் எந்திரம். See Sounding machine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sounding machine?
- Sounding machine is a noun.
- What is the plural of sounding machine?
- The plural of sounding machine is sounding machines.
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