light line
English
Etymology
From light (“lacking weight”, adjective) + line (noun).
Pronunciation
- enPR: lītʹlīn
Noun
light line (plural light lines)
- (nautical) The waterline at which a vessel floats when at light displacement; the light waterline.
Quotations
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Related terms
- load line (noun)
References
The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914
Anagrams
- illighten