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/wˈɔtər laɪn/ Listen

Water line

noun

A line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship. Synonyms: water level, waterline.

A line marking the level reached by a body of water. Synonym: watermark.

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"Water line" Quotes from Famous Books

... did not laugh. Apparently they were impressed with the sapience of his remark. They searched the trunks until they had gathered the five that Honey demanded. They placed them in a row just above the high-water line. The mirrors caught the sunlight, ...

— Angel Island • Inez Haynes Gillmore

... to represent the steerage of a large ocean-going vessel. A good elaborate set may be arranged with very little expense by following the diagram. The back drop should be of light blue with a few cumulus clouds in white. The water line should be about one-fourth from the bottom, and from this line downward the scene should be ...

— The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays • Walter Ben Hare

... sides of these large rocking receptacles are connected the rods carrying, at their other ends, the pistons of large force-pumps which draw the water in at one stroke and force it out to sternwards, below the water line, ...

— Twentieth Century Inventions - A Forecast • George Sutherland

Words linked to "Water line" : Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark, low-water mark, water level, plimsoll, load line, watermark, line, high-water mark