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Plimsoll mark

One entry found for Plimsoll mark.
Main Entry: Plimsoll mark
Function: noun
Etymology: Samuel Plimsoll died 1898 English shipping reformer
: a load line or a set of load-line markings on an oceangoing cargo ship -- called also Plimsoll line
[Plimsoll mark illustration]