Sentence examples for plimsoll line from inspiring English sources
noun
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.
Below the plimsoll line of human decency".
Even Buckingham Palace painted a "Plimsoll line" into its bathtubs.
Maybe so, but in the interests of fairness we need a Plimsoll line on the time frame that constitutes the peak and the trough.
Plimsoll line, also called Plimsoll mark, official name international load line, internationally agreed-upon reference line marking the loading limit for cargo ships.
He also took a swipe against Channel 4 reality show Big Brother, branding it "unwatchable", and said BBC3 comedy series Tittybangbang was "below the plimsoll line of human decency".
To prevent levels of overexploitation that stand to pull the environmental rug from under our own feet, we need to ditch the economic models responsible, and fundamentally it is Plimsoll lines not dollar signs that we need to attach to nature.
That is why the Plimsoll safety line on the side of ships was introduced to prevent overloading (easy to spot, it looks exactly like the London Underground symbol).
On the heels of the now ubiquitous high-end luxury sneaker, the new Swedish brand Eytys offers a refreshingly low-key alternative: platform plimsolls that channel '90s Venice Beach skater shoes.
The Volunteer plimsoll is $78.
The News International strategy smacked of the "plimsoll strategy".
