English Explanatory Dictionary

light line

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The waterline at which a vessel floats when at light displacement; the light waterline.

Pronunciation

lītʹlīn

Word forms

light line light lines

Etymology

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

Related words

load line
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