light line

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. the line or level to which a ship or boat sinks when fully supplied with fuel and ballast but without cargo.

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Etymology

Origin of light line

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The former include arrangement, color and symbol, composition, juxtaposition, light, line, multimodality, and point of view.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Crappie are fair off lighted piers in the evening using minnows and light line.

From Washington Times • Jul. 22, 2020

Madam appeared to be channelling a ghostly robot, her weirdly absent monotone killing every light line.

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2011

Furthermore, a big yellowtail will run the light line right to bottom and break it off.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the end of the cane a long light line is attached, and the line is kept neatly coiled in a bucket.

From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Treanor, Thomas Stanley