plimsoll
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plimsoll¹
- /ˈplɪmsoʊl/
Where it comes from
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.
noun plimsolls · plimsol · plimsole
- 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.
- 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.
Plimsoll²
proper noun
- A surname.
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noun early sports shoes
| Ελληνικά | πάνινα παπούτσια pánina papoútsia |
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Talk about this word "plimsoll." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/plimsoll. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. plimsoll. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/plimsoll "plimsoll." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/plimsoll.Cite this
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title = {plimsoll},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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