PLIMSOLL
plimsoll
(noun) a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From Samuel Plimsoll, a Bristol merchant.
Noun
plimsoll (plural plimsolls)
(British) A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.
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)
Proper noun
Plimsoll
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
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