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Definition of Plimsoll line
1. Noun. Waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded.
Generic synonyms: Water Level, Water Line, Waterline
Definition of Plimsoll line
1. Noun. (nautical) Properly the International Load Line, a mark on the hull of a merchant ship to show the waterline under specified conditions. The line shows the maximum capacity load the ship may carry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plimsoll Line
Literary usage of Plimsoll line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World Flat-globe and International Geographical History of the World by World flat-globe corporation (1919)
"The " plimsoll line " and Marine Insurance.—In Great Britain it is illegal to
load a vessel below a line conspicuously painted on its hull, and called, ..."
2. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1910)
"To-day the plimsoll line marks the loading capacity of every British vessel, and
the plimsoll line is a monument to the great philanthropist more durable ..."
3. Foreign Trade and Shipping by Erich Walter Zimmermann, W. C. Clark (1917)
"This is known as the plimsoll line. The scale of feet painted on an American
vessel does not offer the same guarantee. As more vessels engage in oversea ..."
4. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1905)
"... line extending right across the Chart from left to right opposite the 92J per
cent. ratio. This we will call the " plimsoll line "—the loading line of ..."
5. Zimmermann on Ocean Shipping by Erich Walter Zimmermann (1921)
"Thi> load-line is known as the "plimsoll line." Lloyd's began to issue reserve
buoyancy and free board tables which became very valuable in determining the ..."
6. A Short History of English Liberalism by Walter Lyon Blease (1913)
"A plimsoll line for labour as well as for ships ; a line above which the ship is
not to sink with its burden when it puts out to sea; a line to limit with ..."
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