plimsoll
Meanings
Plural: plimsolls
Noun
- waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded
- a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 17
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