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The term lead instrument carries a variety of connotations. A lead instrument could be a reference to an instrument that plays the melody of a piece, an
Lead_instrument
Member of a band who sings the main solo vocal portions of a song
Some lead vocalists also play an instrument during the show, either in an accompaniment role (such as strumming a guitar part), or playing a lead instrument/instrumental
Lead_vocalist
Surface used for takeoff or landing
markings, designators, and centerlines. Additionally, they do not provide an instrument-based landing procedure; pilots must be able to see the runway to use
Runway
English alternative rock band
COVID-19 pandemic. Keane were remarkable for using keyboards as their lead instrument instead of guitar, unlike most contemporaneous rock bands. They used
Keane_(band)
American rock band
of yearning, regret, and angst. The band's use of the piano as the lead instrument in their music has led critics to compare the band with similar British
The_Fray
British bassist (born 1956)
Division and its successor New Order. He often used the bass as a lead instrument, playing melodies on the high strings with a signature heavy chorus
Peter_Hook
American country musician (1909–1978)
the Carter scratch, with which she "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument." It was named after her. She was a member of the original Carter Family
Maybelle_Carter
Rigby") or as a dual lead instrument sharing the spotlight, or alternating, with lead guitar. Violin as the featured lead instrument in the rock genre is
Rock_violin
Technique providing rhythm and harmony to an ensemble
improvised solos played on the lead instrument or instruments, be they strings, wind, brass, keyboard or even percussion instruments, or simply the human voice
Rhythm_guitar
1977 studio album by Weather Report
album. "Teen Town", a Pastorius composition where his bass takes the lead instrument role, is often considered a highlight of the album and of Pastorius's
Heavy_Weather_(album)
Genre of popular music
roll styles, either the piano or saxophone was typically the lead instrument. These instruments were generally replaced or supplemented by the electric guitar
Rock_and_roll
Romani-French jazz musician (1910–1953)
group was among the first to play jazz that featured the guitar as a lead instrument. Reinhardt recorded in France with many visiting American musicians
Django_Reinhardt
Chinese transverse flute
Qudi (曲笛), Bangdi (梆笛), and Xindi (新笛). It is a major Chinese musical instrument that is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, Chinese opera
Dizi_(instrument)
Traditional bowed string instruments from Cambodia
mohori and ayai. It is not the lead instrument in these ensembles. The tro sau toch (ទ្រសោធំ តូច) is a Cambodian instrument used in Khmer classical music
Tro_(instrument)
1987 single by the Bangles
being a folky acoustic ballad featuring minimal instrumentation. Its lead instrument is an acoustic guitar. "Following" also features hovering, atmospheric
Following_(song)
Traditional long-necked string instrument
of the packaging. In Azerbaijan music, tar was used primarily as a lead instrument in the so-called mugham trio of singers (singer), which also includes
Tar_(Azerbaijani_instrument)
Film by Parker Finn
Cristobal Tapia de Veer and featured an obscure musical instrument called the daxophone as the lead instrument. For practical effects, Finn recruited Alec Gillis
Smile_(2022_film)
American musical instrument manufacturer
899058 The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC, or simply Fender) is an American manufacturer of musical instruments best known for its role in
Fender_(company)
Device for making musical sounds
instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it
Musical_instrument
Musical score describing the essential elements of a song
from lead sheets. These sheets could be used by the rhythm section instruments to guide their improvised accompaniment and by lead instruments for their
Lead_sheet
Topics referred to by the same term
synthesizer Lead instrument Lead vocalist Guitar solo, a solo performed by the lead guitar Other Lead (band), a Japanese hip-hop group "Lead", a song by
Lead_(disambiguation)
instruments of symbolic or cultural importance within a nation, state, ethnicity, tribe or other group of people. In some cases, national instruments
List of national instruments (music)
List_of_national_instruments_(music)
2011 single by Ramin Djawadi
felt were overused in fantasy themes, Djawadi used the cello as the lead instrument. The piece begins in a minor key, then switches between corresponding
Game_of_Thrones_Theme
1932 Concerto by Jacques Ibert
piece was dedicated to Marcel Moyse, and features flute as the soloist lead instrument, along with small orchestra. The concerto is scored for solo flute
Flute_Concerto_(Ibert)
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1921–2013)
became a bandleader, first with a quintet featuring the cello as a lead instrument, an unusual choice for a jazz band in the 1950s, and subsequently leading
Chico_Hamilton
1976 single by Bread
chorus. Unlike most Bread songs, where the guitar is the lead instrument, the lead instrument on "Lost Without Your Love" is the piano. The single lasted
Lost_Without_Your_Love_(song)
Style of fingerstyle guitar
"was among the first" to use it, "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument". It is unclear how Maybelle developed her style. The Carter scratch
Carter_Family_picking
1977 single by Devo
frequent pitch bend is played on Minimoog. The synth is not used as a lead instrument during the song, and is used only in the opening and closing. The doubled
Mongoloid_(song)
Full musical score showing each part on a separate line or staff
performances. Since the melody is not included in chord-only fake books, lead instrument players are expected to know the melody. A tablature (or tab) is a
Sheet_music
British rock, jazz and blues bassist (born 1945)
since the 1960s, with a forceful playing style using bass guitar as a lead instrument rather than its traditional supporting role. Hodgkinson played in several
Colin_Hodgkinson
Stringed instrument of the guitar family
The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually
Chapman_Stick
American musician (1934–1990)
earlier songs, originally called "Little Runaway", using the Musitron as lead instrument. On January 21, 1961, they recorded "Runaway", which was released as
Del_Shannon
Bluegrass music band
White, who was largely responsible for making the acoustic guitar a lead instrument within bluegrass, and who later went on to join the Los Angeles rock
The_Kentucky_Colonels_(band)
British detective television series
introduction opens the show, using a flute rather than a theremin as the lead instrument. The closing theme for "The Scarecrow Murders", shown on 29 May 2022
Midsomer_Murders
Microgenre of rock music
(tal) question-and-answer interplay (jawab-sawal) between lead instruments lead instruments mirroring the vocal line lyrical themes related to mysticism
Raga_rock
Digital audio workstation
The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital synthesizer, music sampler, and digital audio workstation (DAW) introduced in 1979
Fairlight_CMI
Experimental musical instrument
invented by Hans Reichel, is an electric wooden experimental musical instrument of the friction idiophones category. The dax in daxophone is derived from
Daxophone
Musical instrument for which notated pitch differs from sounding pitch
A transposing instrument is a musical instrument for which music notation is not written at concert pitch (concert pitch is the pitch on a non-transposing
Transposing_instrument
Musical instrument
There are several types of naghara, which is considered to be the lead instrument in mandir ceremonies and weddings. These are typically two drums, one
Nagara_(drum)
Group of musicians within a music ensemble or band
intro line before the lead vocalist starts to sing). Since rhythm sections generally provide the background music for lead instruments and solo singers, rhythm
Rhythm_section
Music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966
style. Also around this time (1969–70) the use of a vocal-free or lead instrument-free dub or B-side "version" became popular in Jamaica; at the beginning
Rocksteady
Canadian musician (born 1953)
and very hard playing of the strings and for utilizing the bass as a lead instrument, often contrapuntal to Lifeson's guitar. At the beginning of his career
Geddy_Lee
Zimbabwean musical instrument
the hosho are seen as accompanying instruments to mbira, when in actuality they are seen as the lead instruments by the mbira players. Hosho goes well
Hosho_(instrument)
1966 song by the Beach Boys
an uncommon formal structure, the use of electric bass guitar as a lead instrument, and a 20-bar length instrumental break. One of the last songs recorded
Here Today (The Beach Boys song)
Here_Today_(The_Beach_Boys_song)
Topics referred to by the same term
symptom of lead poisoning Sounding line, an instrument used in navigation to measure water depth (the plummet, or weight, is usually composed of lead) Radiation
Lead_line
Class of musical instruments
A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of
Brass_instrument
Type of musical instrument
musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical tones by means of friction (instruments of this type
Glass_harmonica
1986 promotional single by Rush
with both Geddy Lee's synthesizer as the lead instrument, as well as Alex Lifeson's guitar as the lead instrument. During the chorus, Lee's synthesizer is
Marathon_(Rush_song)
American drummer
style of drumming. In Don Caballero, his drumming takes more of a lead instrument role than just keeping time. There are many instances where the guitars
Damon_Che
Class of musical instruments with vibrating strings
In musical instrument classification, string instruments, or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer
String_instrument
Musical instrument from southern Veracruz, Mexico
cowhorn (thus making it a melodic rather than rhythm instrument) and because it is used as a lead instrument in vocal music. Although the jarana usually has
Jarana_jarocha
1986 album by Swans
tracks utilize drum machines instead of conventional drumming. The lead instrument on "Fool" is a grand piano. "Money Is Flesh" uses a synthesizer. The
Greed_(Swans_album)
Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument
二胡; pinyin: èrhú; [aɻ˥˩xu˧˥]) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, that is sometimes known in the Western
Erhu
medieval musical instruments Fictional music#Fictional musical instruments List of folk music traditions List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs
List_of_musical_instruments
Family of long-necked lutes
50 cm long), but is very loud. It is mostly used as a lead instrument or harmonizing instrument. The bisernica (from Serbian and Croatian "biser" meaning
Tamburica
Family of musical instruments
A horn is any of a family of musical instruments made of a tube, usually made of metal and often curved in various ways, with one narrow end into which
Horn_(instrument)
Music genre
effects, both as a rhythm instrument using repetitive riffs with a varying degree of complexity, and as a solo lead instrument. Drumming characteristically
Hard_rock
Hourglass-shaped West African drum
of this area, particularly in those where the talking drum is the lead instrument, such as Fuji music of the Yoruba of Nigeria.[citation needed] In some
Talking_drum
Music genre originating in 1860s
Lenoir, but the saxophone was used as a backing instrument for rhythmic support more than as a lead instrument. Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller)
Blues
Swiss musician (1983–2023)
playing of the alphorn. She composed and performed on the alphorn as a lead instrument in multiple genres, including pop, funk and world music. At the same
Eliana_Burki
Danish musician (born 1948)
playing horn lines. Today, it's evolved to the point where I'm playing a lead instrument. If I'm not doing a solo, I'm playing counterlines — I try to paint
Lee_Oskar
British musician and singer (born 1987)
folk musician and singer. He is the lead singer of the folk band Mumford & Sons and also plays a number of instruments with the group, including guitar,
Marcus_Mumford
Two-headed German drum used in samba baterias
through the sound of the rest of the bateria and is used as both a lead and solo instrument. Typically its body is made of metal. The heads, made of nylon
Repinique
Music genre of Dominican Republic
as lead instrument. Típico groups play a variety of rhythms, but most common are the merengue and the pambiche. In the 1930s–1950s, a bass instrument was
Merengue_music
1973 song by Pink Floyd
known for his conservative religious views. By September 1972, the lead instrument had been switched to a piano, with an arrangement very similar to the
The_Great_Gig_in_the_Sky
Civil aviation regulations for flight on instruments
In aviation, instrument flight rules (IFR) is one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other is
Instrument_flight_rules
1994 album by Shellac
another instrument in a maelstrom", going on to write that "Albini uses his guitar more for color and texture rather than as a lead instrument, while bassist
At_Action_Park
Style of Dominican dance
with acoustic groups. During the 20th century, merengue's original lead instrument was the guitar. By the 1940s and 1950s it was performed with accordions
Merengue_(dance)
American rock band
recording techniques, quiet percussion, and acoustic guitar as the lead instrument. During this period, Dwyer founded Castle Face Records to facilitate
Osees
British musician (born 1950)
used the Pianet as both a substitute for a grand piano, and also as a lead instrument, with the use of a fuzz box (also homemade, similar to the Fender Blender)
Tony_Banks_(musician)
American musician (1944–1973)
breathtaking speed and virtuosity on the instrument was largely responsible for making the guitar a lead instrument within bluegrass. The Kentucky Colonels
Clarence_White
A Speculative instrument is an instrument which has been designed to aid those undertaking a speculative or investigative task. The English philosopher
Speculative_instrument
Device used to make and display dimensional measurements
use. Analogue instrument meter with analogue display ("needles"). Until the later decades the most common basic type. Digital instrument meter with analogue
Gauge_(instrument)
Style of Gospel music
This is the primary reason that a trombone is typically found as the lead instrument. Also common are baritones, a snare drum and bass drum combination
Shout_(Black_gospel_music)
1968 single by the Beatles
song. He highlights the manner in which the sarod, traditionally a lead instrument in North India, is played by Khan: staccato-style in the upper register
The_Inner_Light_(song)
Hawaiian traditional dance form
typically use portable acoustic stringed instruments. used as part of the rhythm section, or as a lead instrument Steel guitar—accents the vocalist Bass—maintains
Hula
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
American singer who both wrote most of her own songs and played a lead instrument. Soon Lynn was touring with such soul musicians as Gladys Knight, Stevie
Barbara_Lynn
Japanese mouth organ instrument
containing fine lead shot. As (breath) moisture collected in the shō's pipes prevents it from sounding, performers can be seen warming the instrument over a small
Shō_(instrument)
Musical string instrument
An autoharp is a string instrument in the zither family. Its distinctive structural feature is a set of bars, each with damping pads that mute the strings
Autoharp
Musical instrument
A variety of sounds are available on the instrument. On earlier models, the instrument is split into "lead" and "rhythm" sections. There is a choice
Mellotron
Chinese double-reeded horn
called dida, laba or haidi, is a traditional double-reeded Chinese musical instrument. The suona's basic design originated in ancient Iran, then called "Sorna"
Suona
Central Asian stringed musical instrument
one-som note. The komuz can be used either as accompaniment or as a lead instrument and is used in a wide variety of musical styles including aytysh (a
Komuz
American folk and blues musician (1888–1949)
Twelve-String Guitar", and despite his use of other instruments, such as the accordion, the most enduring image of Lead Belly as a performer is wielding his unusually
Lead_Belly
Amplifier with loudspeaker for use with musical instruments
An instrument amplifier is an electronic amplifier that converts the often barely audible or purely electronic signal of a musical instrument into a larger
Instrument_amplifier
Any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute families
The cuatro is a family of Latin American string instruments played in Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and other Latin American countries. It is derived
Cuatro_(instrument)
Electric keyboard instrument
the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds with rubber pads, each matching one of the keys and responding
Clavinet
Small, flat Korean traditional gong
The instrument is commonly used in folk performing arts in Korea, including shamanic music, dance, and mask dance drama, and is the lead instrument in
Kkwaenggwari
British band
psychedelia-influenced post-punk, played with a ringing Rickenbacker guitar as the lead instrument. They drew comparisons to Echo and the Bunnymen, who were also influenced
The_Mighty_Lemon_Drops
and jazz. It won this attention because, "The violin is by nature a lead instrument that can replicate vocal expressions through the use of vibrato and
Blues_fiddle
Navigational reference instrument
and provided with vanes to permit observation of relative bearings. The instrument was named for one Pelorus, said to have been the pilot for Hannibal, circa
Pelorus_(instrument)
Family of musical wind instruments
Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the greater category of wind instruments. Common examples include flute, clarinet, oboe
Woodwind_instrument
1978 studio album by Siouxsie and the Banshees
idea" was "a pure musical democracy" . The group didn't want any lead instrument, neither the voice nor the guitar "which usually dominated" the music
The_Scream_(album)
Musical instrument
suitable for single-note soloing, and it is frequently employed as a lead instrument in gypsy swing. The resonator guitar, also called the Dobro after its
Steel-string_acoustic_guitar
Greek musician
par excellence a singer's instrument. In the less usual role of lead instrument he has made the laouto a melodic instrument to frame and adorn song. Xylouris
Giorgos_Xylouris
Music genre
because it is less melodic and more repetitive, usually only having one lead instrument that carries the entire beat. In the late 2010s, Dennery segment artists
Soca_music
1980 studio album by Yes
Goodman in the late 1930s helped establish the electric guitar as a lead instrument. Yes worked on further material during the recording sessions, but
Drama_(Yes_album)
Electric guitar
Fender Lead Series was produced by the Fender/Rogers/Rhodes Division of CBS Musical Instruments. The series comprised Lead I, Lead II, and Lead III models
Fender_Lead_Series
Solid body electric guitar
popular music. Its solid construction let guitarists play loudly as a lead instrument, with long sustain if desired. It produced less of the uncontrolled
Fender_Telecaster
Percussion instrument
(German pronunciation: [haŋ]; plural form: Hanghang) is a type of musical instrument fitting into the idiophone class and based on the Trinidad & Tobago steelpan
Hang_(instrument)
Khmer traditional musical ensemble
can be traced back to the origins Khmer music. The orchestra and its lead instrument of that era, the pin (harp), were introduced to early Khmer kingdoms
Pinpeat
LEAD INSTRUMENT
LEAD INSTRUMENT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Middle English mede ‘meadow’ (Old English mǣd).English : metonymic occupational name for a brewer or seller of mead (Old English meodu), an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey.
Male
Hebrew
(×ֶלְעַד) Contracted form of Hebrew El'adah, ELAD means "whom God puts on."
Female
Greek
(Λήδα) Greek name LEDA means "woman." In mythology, this is the name of the mother of Kastor, Pollux and Helen.
Female
Hebrew
 Variant spelling of Hebrew Leah, LEA means "weary." Compare with another form of Lea.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Danish, Finnish, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Swedish, Telugu
Lead
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Leake.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and Irish
Scottish and Irish : possibly a reduced and altered form of McLeish.English : see Lees 2.Americanized form of German Lasch.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Middle English re(a)d ‘red’.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, from an unattested Old English rīed, r̄d ‘woodland clearing’.English : Read in Lancashire, the name of which is a contracted form of Old English rǣghēafod, from rǣge ‘female roe deer’, ‘she-goat’ + hēafod ‘head(land)’; Rede in Suffolk, so called from Old English hrēod ‘reeds’; or Reed in Hertfordshire, so called from an Old English ryhð ‘brushwood’.English : A family called Read were established in America in the early 18th century by John Read, who was born in Dublin, sixth in descent from Sir Thomas Read of Berkshire, England. His son, George Read (1733–98), was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and as a lawyer helped frame the Constitution.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal names Lēofa (masculine) and Lēofe (feminine) ‘dear’, ‘beloved’. These names were in part short forms of various compound names with this first element, in part independent affectionate bynames.English : apparently a topographic name for someone who lived in a densely foliated area, from Middle English lēaf ‘leaf’; a certain Robert Intheleaves is recorded in London in the 14th century.Americanized form of Swedish Lö(ö)f, Löv, an ornamental name from löv ‘leaf’.English translation of the Ashkenazic Jewish ornamental surname Blatt.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Kent)
English (chiefly Kent) : from Middle English heved ‘head’, applied as a nickname for someone with some peculiarity or disproportion of the head, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or at the head of a stream or valley. This surname has long been established in Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places in northern France named with the Germanic element lÄr ‘clearing’.English : variant of Layer.English : nickname from Old English hlÄ“or ‘cheek’, ‘face’Irish : reduced Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Giolla Uidhir ‘son of the swarthy lad’ or ‘son of the servant of Odhar’, a byname from odhar (genitive uidhir) ‘dun-colored’, ‘weatherbeaten’. Compare McAleer.
Female
English
 Old English name LEA means "meadow." Compare with another form of Lea.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Devon)
English (chiefly Devon) : nickname for a thin or lean person, from Middle English lene ‘lean’ (Old English hlǣne).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).Reduced form of Scottish McLean.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from an Old English byname, Red, READ means "red-headed or ruddy-complexioned."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a metonymic nickname for a needy person, from Middle English ne(e)d ‘need’.Respelling of German Nied.
Female
English
 Variant spelling of Old English Lea, LEAH means "meadow." Compare with other forms of Leah.
Female
English
(Λήδα) Greek name LEDA means "woman." In mythology, this is the name of the mother of Castor, Pollux and Helen.
Surname or Lastname
English, Spanish, and Portuguese
English, Spanish, and Portuguese : nickname for a loyal or trustworthy person, from Old French leial, Spanish and Portuguese leal ‘loyal’, ‘faithful (to obligations)’, Latin legalis, from lex, ‘law’, ‘obligation’ (genitive legis).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a loud, rushing stream, Old English hl̄de, or a habitational name from Lead in West Yorkshire, which is named from Old English lǣd ‘water course’ or Old English hlēda ‘ledge’.
Female
Hebrew
(לֵ×ָה) Hebrew name LEAH means "weary." In the bible, this is the name of Jacob's first wife. Compare with other forms of Leah.
LEAD INSTRUMENT
LEAD INSTRUMENT
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Greek
Truthful; Noble Sort; Variant of Alice
Girl/Female
Native American
Bluebird.
Male
Turkish
Turkish name derived from the marines in the Ottoman military called Leventler ("the Levents"), LEVENT means "the lions."
Female
Welsh
Feminine form of Welsh Llewelyn, LLEWELLA means "oath of Belenus."Â
Boy/Male
Basque, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian
Aaron's Son and High Priest; God Helped; The Lord will Help; King
Girl/Female
Australian, Celtic, Christian, Irish
Little Fire; Face
Boy/Male
Australian, Hebrew
Good; The Lord is Good
Boy/Male
Tamil
Charioteer of Partha - Arjun
Boy/Male
Hindi Muslim
Unique.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
God Gift
LEAD INSTRUMENT
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imp. & p. p.
of Lead.
v. t.
To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.
v. t.
To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
n.
precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second.
a.
Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
a.
Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
v. t.
To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.
n.
The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
v. t.
To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
n.
An article made of lead or an alloy of lead
n.
A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
v. t.
To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.
n.
Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
imp. & p. p.
of Lead
n.
A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils.
a.
Resembling lead.
v. t.
To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.
v. t.
To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
v. t.
To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party.
imp. & p. p.
of Read