Definition of Plimsoll's mark
Plim´soll's mark`
1.
(Naut.)
A
mark
conspicuously
painted
on
the
port
side
of
all
British
sea-going
merchant
vessels
,
to
indicate
the
limit
of
submergence
allowed
by
law
; -
so
called
from
Samuel
Plimsoll
,
by
whose
efforts
the
act
of
Parliament
to
prevent
overloading
was
procured
.
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