"Plimsoll line" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol merchant and member of Parliament; promoter of the Merchant Shipping Act.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Plimsoll lines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Plimsoll line (plural Plimsoll lines)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
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            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Properly the International Load Line, a mark on the hull of a merchant ship to show the waterline under specified conditions. The line shows the maximum capacity load the ship may carry."
      ],
      "id": "en-Plimsoll_line-en-noun-sdg744mC",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "International Load Line",
          "International Load Line"
        ],
        [
          "hull",
          "hull"
        ],
        [
          "merchant ship",
          "merchant ship"
        ],
        [
          "waterline",
          "waterline"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) Properly the International Load Line, a mark on the hull of a merchant ship to show the waterline under specified conditions. The line shows the maximum capacity load the ship may carry."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "plimsoll"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "load line"
        },
        {
          "word": "load water line"
        },
        {
          "word": "Plimsoll mark"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "International Load Line",
          "word": "吃水線"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chīshuǐxiàn",
          "sense": "International Load Line",
          "word": "吃水线"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "International Load Line",
          "word": "lastimerkki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "International Load Line",
          "word": "Plimsollin merkki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "International Load Line",
          "word": "Plimsollin lastimerkki"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "International Load Line",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Plimsoll-Marke"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "International Load Line",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קַו טְעִינָה"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "International Load Line",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lastelinjemerke"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "International Load Line",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lastelinjemerke"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Plimsoll line",
        "Samuel Plimsoll"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Plimsoll line"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol merchant and member of Parliament; promoter of the Merchant Shipping Act.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Plimsoll lines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Plimsoll line (plural Plimsoll lines)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "plimsoll"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "Properly the International Load Line, a mark on the hull of a merchant ship to show the waterline under specified conditions. The line shows the maximum capacity load the ship may carry."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "International Load Line",
          "International Load Line"
        ],
        [
          "hull",
          "hull"
        ],
        [
          "merchant ship",
          "merchant ship"
        ],
        [
          "waterline",
          "waterline"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) Properly the International Load Line, a mark on the hull of a merchant ship to show the waterline under specified conditions. The line shows the maximum capacity load the ship may carry."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Plimsoll line",
        "Samuel Plimsoll"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "load line"
    },
    {
      "word": "load water line"
    },
    {
      "word": "Plimsoll mark"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "International Load Line",
      "word": "吃水線"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chīshuǐxiàn",
      "sense": "International Load Line",
      "word": "吃水线"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "International Load Line",
      "word": "lastimerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "International Load Line",
      "word": "Plimsollin merkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "International Load Line",
      "word": "Plimsollin lastimerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "International Load Line",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Plimsoll-Marke"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "International Load Line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קַו טְעִינָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "International Load Line",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lastelinjemerke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "International Load Line",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lastelinjemerke"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Plimsoll line"
}