Meaning of plimsoll | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.
   Ireland, UK
3. 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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Examples

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

“While here, now, a large boy, a famous bully, swaggered to the front to bend, leering, and offer his satirical backside to be ineffectually beaten with a plimsoll by the gentle Scot.”

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