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<p> 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. </p> | Plimsoll'S Mark <ref name="term_158253" /> | ||
==References == | <p> [[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. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_158253"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/plimsoll's+mark Plimsoll'S Mark from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_158253"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/plimsoll's+mark Plimsoll'S Mark from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:22, 13 October 2021
Plimsoll'S Mark [1]
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.
