Sounding
Sounding , adjective
Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words. — Dryden
Sounding , noun
1.
The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).
2.
(a) (Nautical) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.
(b)
(Nautical) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural.
(c)
(Nautical) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
Collocations (5)
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 (Music) , 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 (Nautical) , a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold.
In soundings , within the eighty-fathom line. — Ham. Nav. Encyc