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Plimsoll mark

 
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–noun Nautical.
load-line mark.
Also called Plimsoll.

Origin:
1880–85; named after Samuel Plimsoll (1824–98), English member of Parliament who brought about its adoption

load-line mark

  [lohd-lahyn]
–noun Nautical.
any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
Also called Plimsoll mark.
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Plim·soll mark   (plĭm'səl, -sôl')   
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.

[After Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898), British merchant and shipping reformer.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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