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Plimsoll line

noun as in load line

noun as in Plimsoll mark

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“It’s coming in too full, you can’t see the Plimsoll line.”

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Joanna Thomas: "On holiday in Iceland over the summer, I took this shot of the Plimsoll line on one of the huge trawlers in Reykjavik harbour."

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The boat had received on the lower part of her hull, up to the Plimsoll line, a brilliant fresh coat of red paint.

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You've got a Plimsoll line where you have one colour below and the other above - usually white or blue just to give Arctic colours I guess.

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While on each bath and tub of mine I've drawn freehand a Plimsoll line, Impressionist but plain.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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