light waterline

English

Alternative forms
  • light water line

Etymology

From light (“lacking weight”, adjective) +‎ waterline (noun).

Noun

light waterline (plural light waterlines)

  1. (nautical) The waterline at which a vessel floats when light or unladen.

Synonyms
  • deep waterline (noun)
  • light displacement (noun)
  • load waterline (noun)

References

William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “water-line”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume V (Simular–Z), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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