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Plimsoll Mark

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Noun

1. load line, plimsoll, plimsoll line, plimsoll mark

waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Plimsoll Mark

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a line or set of lines on the hull of a merchant ship, showing the depth to which it may legally be loaded

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Plimsoll Mark

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n.
Any of a set of lines on the hull of a merchant ship that indicate the depth to which it may be legally loaded under specified conditions. Also called load line, Plimsoll line.

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