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escora

Waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded.

escora
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.

linha plimsoll
Synonyms
Examples for "water line"
Examples for "water line"
1
Right now the village's wharves would be well above the water line.
King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
2
Mask your view so you can only see above the water line.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
3
Two shells plowed into the crippled German just on the water line.
The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets; Or, The Fall of the G...
4
They were mostly dynamited, or else shot close to the water line.
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
5
The jetty was well above the water line, patrol boat level.
Jacinto's Remnant
1
And then come in the PLIMSOLL line
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 28, 1917