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View synonyms for Plimsoll line

Plimsoll line

[plim-suhl, -sohl]

noun

Nautical.

  1. load line.

Plimsoll line

/ ˈplɪmsəl /

noun

  1. another name for load line

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Plimsoll line1

First recorded in 1890–95; Plimsoll mark
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Plimsoll line1

C19: named after Samuel Plimsoll (1824–98), MP, who advocated its adoption

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