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plimsolls

plimsolls is the plural 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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Questions about plimsolls

What is plimsolls the plural of?
Plimsolls is the plural of plimsoll.

Words near plimsolls in the dictionary

  1. Plimsoll line
  2. Plimsoll lines
  3. Plimsoll mark
  4. Plimsoll marks
  5. plimsolled
  6. plimsolls
  7. plimsols
  8. plinabulin
  9. pling
  10. plinged
  11. plinger

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