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Words related to plimsoll

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  • plimsoll mark

    load-line mark.

  • plimsoll line

    load line (def 1).

  • freeboard deck

    (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.

  • load line

    Also called Plimsoll line. any of various lines marked on the sides of a cargo vessel to indicate the depth to which a vessel may be immersed under certain conditions. Compare freeboard (def 1a).

  • load-line mark

    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.

  • water line

    Nautical. the part of the outside of a ship's hull that is just at the water level.
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