plimsoll
See also: Plimsoll
English
Alternative forms
- plimsol
- plimsole
Etymology
From Samuel Plimsoll, a Bristol merchant.
Noun
plimsoll (plural plimsolls)
- (Britain) A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.
- 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!:
- “Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant.
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- The plimsoll symbol ⦵ (or
o) that is used as a superscript in the notation of thermodynamics to indicate an arbitrarily chosen non-zero reference point.
Synonyms
- daps, pumps (plural)
- sandshoe (Australia)
Related terms
- To etymology: Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark
Translations
early sports shoes
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