English
leadsman
Leadsman comes from English lead ‘heavy metal’.
- English1500–presentlead‘heavy metal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1808–10leadsman
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentlead‘heavy metal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1808–10leadsman
Earliest quotation: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake: “In the same moment the leadsman hove the lead,…”
Every English word from English lead
Today it means
noun A sailor who takes soundings with a lead, measuring the depth of water.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English lead / leadsman