Plimsoll Mark Definition

plĭmsəl, -sôl
noun
A line or set of lines on the hull of a merchant ship, showing the depth to which it may legally be loaded.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
Plimsoll mark
Plural:
plimsoll-marks

Origin of Plimsoll Mark

  • From Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol merchant and member of Parliament, promoter of the Merchant Shipping Act.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Samuel Plimsoll (1824–1898), British merchant and shipping reformer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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