Crossword clues for waterline
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context nautical English) A line formed by the surface of the water on the hull of a ship when she is afloat; any of a series of short lines marked on the hull to show where the waterline would be under different loadings. 2 (context aviation English) A horizontal line indicating the shape of an airfoil. 3 A line showing where the water has been, usually a line separating dry land and wet areas; a watermark or tidemark. 4 (context cosmetics English) the inner rim of the eyelid, just behind the lash line; primarily used in reference to the application of eyeliner.
WordNet
n. 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 [syn: water line, water level]
Wikipedia
The waterline is the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water, in concept or reality. Specifically, it is also the name of a special marking, also known as an international load line, Plimsoll line and water line (positioned amidships), that indicates the draft of the ship and the legal limit to which a ship may be loaded for specific water types and temperatures in order to safely maintain buoyancy, particularly with regard to the hazard of waves that may arise. Temperature affects the level, because warm water provides less buoyancy, being less dense than cold water, as does salinity, because fresh water is less dense than seawater. For vessels with displacement hulls, the hull speed is determined by, among other things, the waterline length. In a sailing boat, the waterline length can change significantly as the boat heels, and can dynamically affect the speed of the boat.
The waterline can also refer to any line on a ship's hull that is parallel to the water's surface when the ship is afloat in a normal position. Hence, all waterlines are one class of "ships lines" used to denote the shape of a hull in naval architecture plans.
In aircraft design, the term "waterline" refers to the vertical location of items on the aircraft. This is (normally) the "Z" axis of an XYZ coordinate system, the other two axes being the fuselage station (X) and buttock line (Y).
"Waterline" is a song by Irish pop duo Jedward. It was written by Swedish songwriter Nick Jarl and Swedish-based American songwriter Sharon Vaughn. It is best known as Ireland's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The waterline is where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water, and is also a special marking indicating the legal load limit of a ship.
Waterline or water line may also refer to:
- Water supply network, a system of pipes for supplying potable water to buildings across the landscape
- 1:700 scale Waterline series of scale model ships
- "Waterline" (song), a 2012 Jedward song
- "Waterline" (OWS song), a 2015 song by OWS featuring Pusha T
- "Waterline", a song from The Icicle Works (album)
- "Waterline", a 1990 song by Lloyd Cole Lloyd Cole (album)
Usage examples of "waterline".
Just as she regained control in after steering, with her executive officer now in command, two more missiles hit, one amidship at the waterline, destroying main control, and the second in a torpedo magazine.
He saw fronds just above the waterline, which had recently survived ashfall from a volcano, curl from the heat, turn brown, and fall away.
So when he saw the flash, heard the gun shot, felt that ball smack into the boat at the waterline, however much he may have felt like killing himself before, the idea that someone was deliberately trying to murder him must have brought all his natural instincts toward self-survival leaping to the surface, must have armed and nerved him with the decision to escape, if for no better reason than to get the bushwacking coward who was trying to get him.
Their supplies had included some command-fused explosives, he recalled, stored in one of the cargo lockers at the unfueled waterline.
On the other hand, he could not automatically endorse a pair of ungainly outboard walkways, or sponsons, which ran the length of the hull, both port and starboard, only inches above the waterline.
It had been working on Herb, yes, she knew that now, but it had been doing so almost as silently as a leech that battens on a person below the waterline.
Water churned fiercely to starboard as the Des Moines began a turn so sharp it was almost less than the ship's length along the waterline.
The weeds and the barnacles were thick along her waterline - she wasn't coppered high enough, sir.
The weeds and the barnacles were thick along her waterline — she wasn't coppered high enough, sir.
Persellan shielded his eyes, peering out to where the Fair Winds rode at anchor: some of her rigging was restored and the waterline hole had been repaired with delphinic help.
Twenty-two boats of the same type he'd seen in Baytown, with handholds at the waterline, and detached wooden fins lying beside them.
Gunsmoke billowed out from among the grey rocks and cannonballs kicked up spouts of foam along the Gull's waterline or punched holes in her sails.
If she went in until the water came to her neck, the seals of her mask and air filter would be below the waterline and only her head would be above it.
His drawing table was stacked with preliminary plans, where frame lines, waterlines and buttocks curved and intersected sweetly.
He had been over the side himself and could remember the height of the waterline, and he had for a more exact guide the level of the fothered sail under the ship's bottom.