English

Alternative forms

• plimsol
• plimsole

Noun

plimsoll ‎(plural plimsolls)

1. (Britain) 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!:

     “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)

Translations

Related terms

• To etymology: Plimsoll line
• To etymology: Plimsoll mark