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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded [syn: load line, Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark, Plimsoll]
Merriam Webster's
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
