Plimsoll
/ˈplɪmsoʊl/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers. Ireland, UK
"“Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant."
- 2 a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top wordnet
- 3 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.
- 4 waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Antonyms
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More examples"“Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant."
Etymology
From Samuel Plimsoll, a Bristol merchant who created a system of marks and symbols for the waterline of ships. The shoe was possibly named because the line of its sole resembled the Plimsoll line of ship.