light line

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: lītʹlīn

Noun

light line (plural light lines)

1. (nautical) The waterline at which a vessel floats when at light displacement; the light waterline.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:light line.

Related terms

• load line (noun)

References

• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “light-line”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, Appendix.

Anagrams

• illighten