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Meanings of Plimsoll line in English
Catalan
escora Waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded.
Portuguese
linha plimsoll Spanish
marca de plimsoll Special marking that indicates the draft of the ship and the legal limit to which a ship may be loaded for specific water types and temperatures in order to safely maintain buoyancy.
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Examples for "load line"
Examples for "load line"
1
Clip your second locking biner onto the load line (or climber's rope) and the bight in the hitch closest to the climber's rope.
2
The foreman has filled out a sample ticket with car number, date, load line, initials of sampler and any other notations necessary-suchas leakages, etc.
3
Skag saw a powerful elephant coming back alongside the loaded line.
4
Slide this "tractor" down the loaded line as far as you can reach.
5
Visit Website Slide this "tractor" down the loaded line as far as you can reach.
1
Sank below Plimsoll mark-likea sieve.
2
There was no Plimsoll mark in those days, and this cockle-shell of a vessel was literally loaded down to the scuppers.
3
"She was loaded to the Plimsoll mark when she passed us," Torry said.
4
"I say, Mr. Second Mate," he said, "I don't see the Plimsoll Mark on the funnel.
5
"Who painted out those Plimsoll marks?"
1
The sailors' saviour was one Samuel Plimsoll, born in Bristol in 1824.
2
To vary the figure, this essay dips its Plimsoll-mark full under.
3
The incident occurred on State Highway 2 near Plimsoll Street.
4
Mr. Plimsoll, after he had lived for some time among the poor, on 7s.
5
Mr. Plimsoll thereupon prepared to take his leave.
Usage of Plimsoll line in English
1
And then come in the PLIMSOLL line
Translations for Plimsoll line
Catalan
Portuguese