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water line
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun water line has 2 senses
- water line(n = noun.location) water level, waterline - a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship; Array is a kind of line
- water line(n = noun.location) watermark - a line marking the level reached by a body of water; Array is a kind of line
has particulars: load line, plimsoll, plimsoll line, plimsoll mark
has particulars: high-water mark, low-water mark
CIDE DICTIONARY
water line,
- Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. [1913 Webster]" In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as straight horizontal lines." [1913 Webster]
- Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the
light water line ; the highest, called theload water line , indicates her proper submergence when loaded. [1913 Webster]
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