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Plimsoll line
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English
Etymology
From Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol merchant and member of Parliament; promoter of the Merchant Shipping Act.
Noun
en nautical 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.
Synonyms
en load line
en load water line
en Plimsoll mark
Related terms
en plimsoll
Translations
International Load Line
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 吃水線 chīshuǐxiàn
Finnish: fi lastimerkki, fi Plimsollin merkki, fi Plimsollin lastimerkki
German: de Plimsoll-Marke f
Hebrew: he קַו טְעִינָה m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb lastelinjemerke n
Nynorsk: nn lastelinjemerke n
Polish: pl linia Plimsolla f
Swedish: sv lastmärke n, sv plimsollmärke n
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