Sounding
Sound"ing
, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).[1913 Webster]
2.
(Naut.) [From Sound to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural. (c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
[1913 Webster]
Sounding lead, the plummet at the end of a sounding line. --
Sounding line, a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings. --
Sounding post
(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. --
Sounding rod
(Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. --
In soundings, within the eighty-fathom line.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
[1913 Webster]
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