noun · rare

plimsoll

plimsoll · plimsolls

A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard shipsA rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.

/ˈplɪmsoʊl/

» Ziri always wore plimsolls.

Meaning

2 senses

(Ireland, UK)A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.
a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top
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.

Examples

1 sentences

Ziri always wore plimsolls.
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Origin

From Samuel Plimsoll, a Bristol merchant who created a system of marks and symbols for the

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.

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