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

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

So the clever man heightens the Plimsoll mark, adds a million or so to shipowners’ capital by dipping his pen in the ink, and gives Jack more jam.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

The Plimsoll mark is painted on the vessel to indicate how much cargo she should carry.

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

There was no Plimsoll mark in those days, and this cockle-shell of a vessel was literally loaded down to the scuppers.

From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Runciman, Walter