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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

Some were still in the stream, loaded with wheat to the Plimsoll mark, ready to depart with the next tide.

From The Octopus : A story of California by Norris, Frank

Jack would laugh an' joke all day; Never saw a lad so gay; Singin' like a medder lark, Loaded to the Plimsoll mark With God's sunshine was that boy; Had a strangle-holt on Joy.

From Rhymes of a Rolling Stone by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)