sealine

English

Alternative forms

sea-line

Etymology

From sea +‎ line.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiːlaɪn/
Rhymes: -iːlaɪn

Noun

sealine (plural sealines)

The coastline, seaboard.
The horizon.
A line used for sounding.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 9”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
  Yet what depths of the soul does Jonah's deep sealine sound!
A line used for fishing in deep water.
An undersea pipeline for oil, natural gas, etc.

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