Definitions for leadsmen

leadsmen leads·man

Spelling: [ledz-muh n]
IPA: /ˈlɛdz mən/

Leadsmen is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 388 anagrams from letters in leadsmen (adeelmns).

Definitions for leadsmen

noun

  1. a sailor who sounds with a lead line.

Origin of leadsmen

First recorded in 1500-10; lead2 + 's1 + -man

Examples for leadsmen

Now another of the leadsman's weaknesses gained the upper hand.

The monotonous cry of the leadsman in the chains was the only sound audible.

The anchor plunged over and the cable roared out, then a leadsman forward gave their soundings.

At the same moment the leadsman in the chains gave his warning cry: “Three fathoms only, and shoaling fast!”

The halt is a matter depending on the sounding-line, and not on the leadsman.

She lurched across with dry decks, and when the leadsman got deeper water the pilot brought her round and pulled up his canoe.

This is strange language in the mouth of a leadsman's child!

"By the mark seven," sung out the leadsman in the starboard chains.

Also, the breast-rope which is made fast to the shrouds to protect the leadsman.

He slowed the freighter to a snail's pace when he approached the dredged channel, and at last the leadsman found suitable bottom.

Word Value for leadsmen
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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