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Plimsoll line

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Plimsoll line [ˈplɪmsəl]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) another name for load line
[named after Samuel Plimsoll (1824-98), MP, who advocated its adoption]
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Noun1.Plimsoll line - waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded
load line, Plimsoll, Plimsoll mark
water line, waterline, water level - 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
Translations
Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark
n → Höchstlademarke f
Plimsoll line n (Naut) → linea di immersione massima
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Where to find the other plaques: Marks and Spencer, High Street Samuel Plimsoll, who invented the Plimsoll Line on the side of ships, hatched his idea while staying at a house on High Street - now M& S.
Other sites where history was made by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
He devised the Plimsoll Line, a regulation for the weight ships might safely carry.
On This Day by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
He devised the Plimsoll Line, a regulation for the weight ships might safely carry.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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