load line
Example Sentences
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During that period, its load line - which indicates the depth to which it can be safely loaded with cargo - sinks to water-level, indicating it has taken on a heavy load.
From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2022
“My mother worked on the load line during the Vietnam War,” Blewitt said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2016
Steel vessels are made unsinkable with water-tight compartments, and officially marked with a Plimsoll load line beneath which they must not be submerged.
From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
The dimensions of the Columbia are: Length on mean load line, 412 feet; beam, 58 feet.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)
The agents will hail us to-night and settle matters, for we're on the load line and nigh steved.
From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by Hains, T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins)
