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load line definition

load line

any of the lines on the hull of a merchant ship showing the depths to which it may legally be loaded under various circumstances

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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