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plimsole

plimsole is the alternative form of plimsoll.

Meaning of plimsoll

Noun

plimsoll (plural plimsolls)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.
    • “Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant.1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!
  2. 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.

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Forms of plimsole

pluralplimsoles

Questions about plimsole

What is plimsole the alternative form of?
Plimsole is the alternative form of plimsoll.

Words near plimsole in the dictionary

  1. Plimptonesque
  2. Plimptonian
  3. Plimptons
  4. plims
  5. plimsol
  6. plimsole
  7. plimsoled
  8. plimsoles
  9. plimsoll
  10. Plimsoll line
  11. Plimsoll lines

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