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Definition of Log line
1. Noun. A knotted cord that runs out from a reel to a piece of wood that is attached to it.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Log Line
Literary usage of Log line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The log-line is secured to this span and consists of two parts. The portion
nearest the log-ship is known .is the "stray line"; its length varies from ю to ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"The log-line, >vhich is attached to the log-ship or to the log-bag, ... To facilitate
counting the number of sections of the log-line which have been paid ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The distances upon the log-line being marked by pieces of line placed between
the strands and carrying the requisite number of knots, this has given the ..."
4. The American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation and by Nathaniel Bowditch, George Wood Logan (1906)
"There is a hole in each corner of the log- chip, and the log-line is knotted in
... The log-line is about 150 fathoms in length, one end made fast to the ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The log-line is fastened to the log by means of three leads, ... The log-line is
divided by means of knots of colored cloth into equal lengths, ..."
6. The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch (1826)
"You must also be careful to measure the log-line pretty often, lest it stretch
and deceive you in the distance. Like, regard must be had that the ..."
7. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"... fast the log-line, before you banl it in, mark the bearin; of :.. =: the
opposite point or direction will be the course which the vessel makes good. ..."
8. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"To this log a line is fastened, called the log-line (?.*'.). Other forms are also
used. A kilty Log. Ai oi faineant. In allusion to the fable of the frogs ..."
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