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
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 Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
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 T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains
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 J. M. (John Marcus) Dickey
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