load line

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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

This steamer, she had dry decks till her load line was altered.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

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)

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)