Usually means: Level where water meets land.
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  1. water line: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. water line: Collins English Dictionary
  3. water line: Vocabulary.com
  4. water-line, water line: Wordnik
  5. water line: Wiktionary
  6. water line: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. water line: Dictionary.com
  8. Water line: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Water line: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. water line: Rhymezone
  11. Water line: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. water-line: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. water line: FreeDictionary.org
  14. water line: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. water line: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. water line: Encyclopedia

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  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (water line)

noun:  (shipbuilding) The outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.
noun:  (shipbuilding) Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as straight horizontal lines.
noun:  (nautical) Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.
noun:  The line corresponding to the surface of the water touching any submerged object or body.
noun:  The level at which water meets land along the shore of a body of water.

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