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31Plimsoll mark — noun Etymology: Samuel Plimsoll died 1898 English shipping reformer Date: 1884 a load line or a set of load line markings on an oceangoing cargo ship called also Plimsoll line …
32Plimsoll mark — Naut. See load line mark. Also called Plimsoll. [1880 85; named after Samuel Plimsoll (1824 98), English member of Parliament who brought about its adoption] * * * …
33Plimsoll mark — noun 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. See Also: Plimsoll line, plimsoll …
34Plimsoll line — noun 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. See Also: Plimsoll mark, plimsoll …
35Plimsoll line — (also Plimsoll mark) noun a marking on a ship s side showing the limit of legal submersion when loaded with cargo under various sea conditions. Origin named after the English politician Samuel Plimsoll, responsible for the Merchant Shipping Act… …
36Plimsoll line — /ˈplɪmsəl laɪn / (say plimsuhl luyn) noun a line or mark required to be placed on the hull of all British merchant vessels, showing the depth to which they may be submerged through loading. Also, Plimsoll mark. {named after Samuel Plimsoll} …
37Plimsoll line — noun see Plimsoll mark …
38Plimsoll, Samuel — (10 feb. 1824, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Inglaterra–3 jun. 1898, Folkestone, Kent). Reformador británico. Comerciante de carbón en Londres y parlamentario (1868–80). Con su libro Our Seamen [Nuestros marinos] (1873), ayudó a vencer las… …
39Plimsoll line — also Plimsoll mark noun (C) a line painted on the outside of a ship, showing the depth to which it can safely be allowed to float in the water when it is loaded …
40Plimsoll mark — Plim′soll mark n. navig. a load line painted on the side of a cargo ship • Etymology: 1880–85; after Samuel Plimsoll (1824–98), English member of Parliament who brought about its adoption …
