sounding : Idioms & Phrases

• within the eighty-fathom line.

Webster 1913

• noun a metal bob at the end of a sounding line
  

WordNet

• the plummet at the end of a sounding line.

Webster 1913

• noun (nautical) plumb line for determining depth
  lead line.
  

WordNet

• a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings.

Webster 1913

• (Mus.), a small post in a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument; called also sound post.

Webster 1913

• (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold.

Webster 1913