plimsoll mark
21Plimsoll line — noun see Plimsoll mark …
22plimsoll — /plim seuhl, sohl/, n. Brit. a canvas shoe with a rubber sole; gym shoe; sneaker. Also, plimsol, plimsole. [1905 10; perh. so called from fancied resemblance of the sole to a Plimsoll mark] * * * …
23Plimsoll 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 …
24plimsoll — plim•soll or plim•sol or plim•sole [[t]ˈplɪm səl, soʊl[/t]] n. brit. clo a canvas shoe with a rubber sole; gym shoe • Etymology: 1905–10; perh. so called from fancied resemblance of the sole to a Plimsoll mark …
25Plimsoll's mark — Plim soll s mark (Naut.) A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to… …
26high water mark — Synonyms and related words: Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark, border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, break boundary, breakoff point, ceiling, circumscription, compass, confine, cutoff, cutoff point, deadline,… …
27Plim|soll mark — or Plim|soll line «PLIHM suhl, sol», one of a set of mark or lines on the hull of a ship that show how deep it may ride in the water, under varying conditions of water temperature and weather, after loading. A Plimsoll mark is required on British …
28load-line mark — /lohd luyn /, Naut. 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. * * * …
29draft mark — noun : one of various marks required by law to be painted at the bow and stern of a ship to show how much water she draws compare plimsoll mark * * * Naut. any of a series of figures or marks at the stem or stern of a vessel indicating the… …
30load-line mark — /lohd luyn /, Naut. 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 …
