waterline - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • have: Having the waterline above grade makes any overflow drain simple.

Adjective modifier

  • narrow: Bad Company 1977 A fine V section bow blends into a rounded mid section and narrower waterline aft.
  • long: A long waterline gives the Horizon excellent directional stability but is still nimble enough for inland trips around backwater creeks.

Modifies a noun

  • length: The waterline length was more than 13 times the depth of the hull.
  • beam: Mustard Seed 1976 An experiment with a " Gull Wing " underwater shape for reduced waterline beam and low wetted area.
  • projection: If the waterline projection at the stern of the Thera ships is not a projecting keel or ram what is it?
  • level: After 24 years service she arrived at Jarrow on 13th October where she was dismantled down to waterline level.

Noun used with modifier

  • load: The more commonly used length measurements -- length overall, length between perpendiculars, and length on load waterline are discussed as follows.

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