The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leadsman \Leads"man\, n.; pl. Leadsmen. (Naut.)
The man who heaves the lead.
--Totten.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 alt. (context obsolete English) (l en lodesman) (a (l en leader) or (l en guide)) n. (context obsolete English) (l en lodesman) (a (l en leader) or (l en guide)) Etymology 2
n. (context nautical English) A (l en sailor) who takes (l en sounding soundings) with a (l en lead), measuring the depth of water.
Usage examples of "leadsman".
Pity we don't have a leadsman up in the bows singing out the river depth, instead of a sonar depth finder.
The cries of the leadsmen went on--and it is a weird sound, always, in the night.
The bank would tell you so, and then you’d stir those leadsmen up a bit.
Bixby, unknown to me, of course, sent somebody down to the forecastle with some mysterious instructions to the leadsmen, another messenger was sent to whisper among the officers, and then Mr.
He hoped Bush would have the humanity and the common sense to see that his leadsmen were relieved at proper intervals, and given special facilities for drying their clothes, but he could not interfere directly in the matter.
Sense some dangerous shallows perhaps which even the leadsmen had missed.