waterline
- 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
- About 18 hours after the killing of the Fatah trio, a magnetic mine attached below the waterline of the Sol Phryne exploded, causing no injuries but leaving a 3 12-ft.
- With a foot less waterline length (45 ft.
- Normally, the audience sees only the smoking aftermath--the blown-up embassy, the ruined barracks, the ship with a blackened hole at the waterline.