load-line mark: Meaning and Definition of

load'-line mark"

Pronunciation: (lōd'līn"), [key]
— Naut. Naut.
  1. any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line. Also called
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