PLIMSOLL MARK


Meaning of PLIMSOLL MARK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: Samuel Plimsoll died 1898 English shipping reformer

Date: 1884

: a load line or a set of load-line markings on an oceangoing cargo ship — called also Plimsoll line

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Plimsoll mark: TF tropical freshwater mark; F freshwater mark; T tropical load line; S summer load line; W winter load line; WNA winter load line, North Atlantic

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