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Meanings of water line in English

Catalan
línia de flotació
Spanish
linea de flotacion

A line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship.

línia de flotació
Russian
plimsoll line
Portuguese
linha de flutuação
Spanish
linea de flotación
Catalan
línia de flotació

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, particularly with regard to the hazard of waves that may arise.

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plimsoll line
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Examples for "waterline"
Examples for "waterline"
1
Jute estimated that height at a good six fathoms above the waterline.
Assail
2
All the doors could be sealed tight: it was below the waterline.
The Scar
3
She had caught sight of someone near the waterline below the hotel.
The girl who played with fire
4
Grant tilted the binoculars down, scanning the hull just above the waterline.
Jurassic Park
5
It'll burn to the waterline and sink in twenty minutes or so.
Dead calm
1
However, the spirit of the original question asks about the water level.
Wired
2
The agency said a rapid rise in the water level was likely.
Radio NZ
3
In past years, Lake Naivasha had seen dramatic reductions in water level.
The Guardian
4
Cautious dips to the water level proved that the sea was saline.
The Long Earth
5
I rushed down to stand on the last step above water level.
Alpine for You

A line marking the level reached by a body of water.

Usage of water line in English
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
6
They placed them in a row just above the high- water line.
Angel Island
7
The two following ones hit her just below the water line.
The Boy Allies under Two Flags
8
A water line is run down the partition fence to the rear yard.
The Dollar Hen
9
If you persist in following us you'll be plugged below the water line.
Frank and Andy Afloat; Or, The Cave on the Island
10
That she only presents a mark of 4 ft. above the water line.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885
11
Evidently Howland had a man down below the water line, anyway.
Dan Merrithew
12
Call it thirty-five cubic feet displacement per inch of draft at normal water line.
Aground
13
There's plenty to see above the water line, as well.
BBC
14
I feel sure that both the Ararats are yet well above the water line.
The Second Deluge
15
He told customers he would shoot anyone who tried to take his water line.
The prince of frogtown
16
The oar crashed through nearly to the water line under the power of the stroke.
Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"