Plimsoll mark

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. load-line mark.

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Etymology

Origin of Plimsoll mark

1880–85; named after Samuel Plimsoll (1824–98), English member of Parliament who brought about its adoption

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Plimsoll mark

A few were laden to the Plimsoll mark with cryolite from Greenland, fluorspar from Newfoundland, pitch and coke from the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

A glance told us that her sea-worthiness was questionable and that her over-burdening cargo pressed her Plimsoll mark close to the water line.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville

With his bicycle laden considerably above the Plimsoll mark, he pedalled wearily homewards.

From If Winter Don't A B C D E F Notsomuchinson by Pain, Barry

Plimsoll was the originator of the famous "Plimsoll mark," and this is what caused him to be called the sailors' friend.

From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 24, June 16, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt

The Plimsoll mark was a series of measurements in feet, running from the maximum depth at which the ship should lie in the water down toward the keel.

From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John