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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


Words linked to "Plimsoll" :   United Kingdom, Plimsoll line, water line, sneaker, UK, Britain, Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, water level, Plimsoll mark, waterline, load line, U.K., gym shoe, tennis shoe


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