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-marksOrigin 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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