Waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded.
1Sank below Plimsoll mark-likea sieve.
2There 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?"
Translations for Plimsoll mark