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Plimsoll mark

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Plimsoll mark [′plim·səl ‚märk]
(naval architecture)
A circular disk with a horizontal line placed on the side of a ship to indicate the summer load line.
A series of marks on the side of a ship indicating the load line for various seasons and geographical areas.


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One was James Hall, who originally proposed the Plimsoll Mark, who was a Newcastle shipowner whose cause Plimsoll took up.
 
 
 
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