sea load

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sea load (plural sea loads)

1. (idiomatic) The weight of the payload on a vessel.
   • 2002, D. G. M. Watson, Practical Ship Design‎^[1]:

     On most merchant ships with a relatively light sea load it is usual to fit three generators with two sharing the sea load. On ships with a higher sea load four generators are the usual fit, but sized so that three of these share the sea load.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sea,‎ load.