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Meanings of Plimsoll mark in English

Catalan
escora

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

        escora
        Usage of Plimsoll mark in English
        1
        Sank below Plimsoll mark-likea sieve.
        My Tropic Isle
        2
        There was no Plimsoll mark in those days, and this cockle-shell of a vessel was literally loaded down to the scuppers.
        The Shellback's Progress / In the Nineteenth Century
        3
        "She was loaded to the Plimsoll mark when she passed us," Torry said.
        Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns; Or, Sinking the German U-Boats
        4
        "I say, Mr. Second Mate," he said, "I don't see the Plimsoll Mark on the funnel.
        The Wheel O' Fortune
        5
        "Who painted out those Plimsoll marks?"
        The Firm of Girdlestone
        Translations for Plimsoll mark
        Catalan
        escora