Plimsoll line
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Plimsoll line
First recorded in 1890–95; Plimsoll mark
Example Sentences
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Early in 1933, unable to pay its bond interest and loaded to its Plimsoll line with bank loans, Paramount finally foundered.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like the original "Plimsoll line" which her late great father-in-law Samuel Plimsoll devised to mark the depth below which a ship must not be loaded, Lady Plimsoll's line decreed high water mark in her bathtub.
From Time Magazine Archive
He said he had been hit six times below the Plimsoll line.
From Time Magazine Archive
While on each bath and tub of mine I've drawn freehand a Plimsoll line, Impressionist but plain.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
The boat had received on the lower part of her hull, up to the Plimsoll line, a brilliant fresh coat of red paint.
From The Four Corners of the World by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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