waterline (redirected from International load line)

water line or wa·ter·line (wôtr-ln, wtr-)

n.

1.

a. The line on the hull of a ship to which the surface of the water rises.

b. Any of several lines parallel to this line, marked on the hull of a ship, and indicating the depth to which the ship sinks under various loads.

2. A line or stain, as one left on a seawall, indicating the height to which water has risen or may rise; a watermark.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

waterline - a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship water line, water level line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent load line, Plimsoll, Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark - waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded

Translations

waterline [ˈwɔːtə^rlaɪn] n → ligne f de flottaison

waterline [ˈwɔːtəˌlaɪn] n (Naut) → linea di galleggiamento