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Leakiness

noun

The condition of permitting leaks or leakage. "The heart valve's leakiness" , "The leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use"

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"Leakiness" Quotes from Famous Books

... returned to camp to tell me of the find, and sent Simba, Kazimoto's understudy, to find out whose the dhow was and why it lay there. They explained it was a fairly big dhow, and might be laid up there on account of leakiness. ...

— The Ivory Trail • Talbot Mundy

... we proceeded to the river. The canoe being put into the water was found extremely ticklish, but it was managed with much dexterity by St. Germain, Adam, and Peltier, who ferried over one passenger at a time, causing him to lie flat in its bottom, by no means a pleasant position owing to its leakiness, but there was no alternative. The transport of the whole party was effected by five o'clock and we walked about two miles farther and encamped, having come five miles and three-quarters on a south-west course. Two young alpine hares were shot by St. Germain which with the ...

— The Journey to the Polar Sea • John Franklin

Words linked to "Leakiness" : status, leaky, condition