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plimsoll

/ˈplɪmsoʊl/

plimsoll noun: a rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.

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!
    • While here, now, a large boy, a famous bully, swaggered to the front to bend, leering, and offer his satirical backside to be ineffectually beaten with a plimsoll by the gentle Scot.2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 8
  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.

Proper noun capitalized: Plimsoll

Plimsoll

  1. A surname.

plimsoll meaning in Bengali

plimsoll in Bengali

ট্রেইনার্স, অ্যাথলেটিক জুতোর পূর্বসূরী

Synonyms of plimsoll

Forms of plimsoll

pluralplimsolls
alternative formplimsol
alternative formplimsole

Origin of plimsoll

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.

Words formed from plimsoll

Phrases with plimsoll

Questions about plimsoll

What does plimsoll mean?
Plimsoll means a rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.
What is plimsoll in Bengali?
Plimsoll in Bengali is ট্রেইনার্স, অ্যাথলেটিক জুতোর পূর্বসূরী. See Plimsoll meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is plimsoll?
Plimsoll can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce plimsoll?
Plimsoll is pronounced /ˈplɪmsoʊl/.
What is the plural of plimsoll?
The plural of plimsoll is plimsolls.

Words near plimsoll in the dictionary

  1. plims
  2. plimsol
  3. plimsole
  4. plimsoled
  5. plimsoles
  6. plimsoll
  7. Plimsoll line
  8. Plimsoll lines
  9. Plimsoll mark
  10. Plimsoll marks
  11. plimsolled

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