plimsoll

See also: Plimsoll

English

Alternative forms

• plimsol
• plimsole

Etymology

From Samuel Plimsoll, a Bristol merchant.

Noun

plimsoll (plural plimsolls)

1. (British) A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!‎^[1]:

     “Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant.

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.

Synonyms

• daps, pumps (plural)
• sandshoe (Australia)

Related terms

• To etymology: Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark

Translations

early sports shoes

• Czech: teniska (cs) f
• Finnish: tennari (fi) (low cut); koripallokenkä (over ankle)
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• Greek: πάνινα παπούτσια n pl (pánina papoútsia)