Waterline (disambiguation)

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The waterline is where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water. The load waterline is a special marking indicating the legal load limit of a ship, and, in naval architectural plans, it is any line drawn to delineate hull shape that is in a plane parallel to the surface of the water.

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