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Plimsoll

noun
1.
Waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded.  Synonyms: load line, Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark.
2.
A light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top.



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"Plimsoll" Quotes from Famous Books



... mistake: the newly appointed officer is a novice. Though many things go with the commission, the assumption that he is all wise to all ways of the service, and will automatically fit into his element as neatly as a loaded ship settles down to its Plimsoll's mark, just isn't among them. Within the services, seniors are rarely, if ever, either patronizing or intolerant of the greenness of a new officer; they just stand ready to help him. And if he doesn't permit them to have that chance, because he would rather ...
— The Armed Forces Officer - Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 • U. S. Department of Defense


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