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Plimsoll line

noun as in load line

noun as in Plimsoll mark

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Example Sentences

“It’s coming in too full, you can’t see the Plimsoll line.”

From Salon

Joanna Thomas: "On holiday in Iceland over the summer, I took this shot of the Plimsoll line on one of the huge trawlers in Reykjavik harbour."

From BBC

The boat had received on the lower part of her hull, up to the Plimsoll line, a brilliant fresh coat of red paint.

You've got a Plimsoll line where you have one colour below and the other above - usually white or blue just to give Arctic colours I guess.

From BBC

While on each bath and tub of mine I've drawn freehand a Plimsoll line, Impressionist but plain.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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