Plimsoll mark
About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.
About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.Plimsoll mark
nounDefinition of PLIMSOLL MARK
: a load line or a set of load-line markings on an oceangoing cargo ship —called also Plimsoll line
Illustration of PLIMSOLL MARK
Origin of PLIMSOLL MARK
Samuel Plimsoll †1898 English shipping reformer
First Known Use: 1884
Rhymes with PLIMSOLL MARK
accent mark, acritarch, antiquark, cutty sark, deutsche mark, disembark, double-park, great white shark, hierarch, Joan of Arc, make one's mark, matriarch, meadowlark, metalmark, minipark, oligarch, paperbark, patriarch, question mark, service mark, stringybark, telemark, thresher shark, tiger shark, trierarch, watermark, water park
Learn More About PLIMSOLL MARK
Browse
Next Word in the Dictionary: plink (verb)
Previous Word in the Dictionary: plimsoll
All Words Near: Plimsoll mark
Previous Word in the Dictionary: plimsoll
All Words Near: Plimsoll mark
Seen & Heard 
What made you want to look up Plimsoll mark? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
