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Plimsoll mark Definition


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Plimsoll line
Plimsoll mark
noun
    1. Any of several lines painted round a ship's hull showing, for different conditions, the depth to which it may be safely and legally immersed when loaded.
Etymology: 19c: these lines were required by the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876, put forward by Samuel Plimsoll (1824‐98).



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