leadsman मीनिंग इन हिंदी

उदाहरण वाक्य

1. The " leadsman " called out the depth as he read it off the line.
2. The chains provided a platform for a'leadsman', the sailor assigned to swing the sounding line, or'lead'into the water.
3. The chains were common on large sailing vessels, but the role of leadsman and swinging the lead to obtain depth soundings declined with developments in echo sounding, and ships are rarely now equipped with chains.
4. And you almost believe you are traveling with Twain because there are books, a room, printed and painted sayings by him and even portraits of him and his times . ( In old days, the leadsman, whose task it was to check the water level, would shout " mark twain, " meaning the water was at least 12 feet deep and safe to travel in.
5. The pilot had to " get up a warm personal acquaintanceship with every old snag and one-limbed cottonwood and every obscure wood pile that ornaments the banks of this river for twelve hundred miles; and more than that, must . . . actually know where these things are in the dark . . . " Steamboat pilot mark twain ", the leadsman's cry for a measured river depth of two fathoms ( 12 feet ), which was safe water for a steamboat.