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load-water-line Naut.
The line of floatation of a ship when she has her full cargo on board. (Called also † load-water-mark, load-line, and Plimsoll's mark.) Hence load-water-draught, -length, -section (see quots.).
1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) D 1 a, The line which determines her depth under the water is usually termed the load-water-line. Ibid. D j b, The load-water-mark. 1862Q. Rev. Apr. 570 Admitting that she is now sunk three or four feet below her proper loadwater-line. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Load water-section, a horizontal section at the load water-line in the shipbuilder's draught. 1887Daily News 28 Sept. 5/1 The Thistle has a load-water length of 86ft. 4in. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Load-water, pertaining to a loaded vessel; as, load-water draft. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 336 1 By halving the sum of load-water-line length and the square root of the sail-area. |