plimsoll

Related to plimsoll: Plimsoll mark, Plimsoll line

plim·soll

(plĭm′səl, -sôl′) also plim·sol or plim·sole (-sōl′)

n. Chiefly British

A rubber-soled cloth shoe; a sneaker.

[Probably from the resemblance of its mudguard to a Plimsoll mark.]

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plimsoll

(ˈplɪmsəl) or

plimsole

(Clothing & Fashion) Brit a light rubber-soled canvas shoe worn for various sports. Also called: gym shoe or sandshoe

[C20: so called because of the resemblance of the rubber sole to a Plimsoll line]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

plim•soll

or plim•sol or plim•sole

(ˈplɪm səl, -soʊl)

n. Brit.

a canvas shoe with a rubber sole; gym shoe.

[1905–10; perhaps so called from fancied resemblance of the sole to a Plimsoll mark]

plimsoll

sneaker

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Noun	1.	Plimsoll - waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded load line, Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark water line, waterline, water level - a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
	2.	plimsoll - a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top gym shoe, sneaker, tennis shoe - a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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plimsoll

[ˈplɪmsəl]

A. N (Brit) → zapatilla f de tenis, playera f

B. CPD Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark N (Naut) → línea f de máxima carga

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

plimsoll

[ˈplɪmsəl] n (Brit) → scarpa da tennis

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