PLIMSOLL


Meaning of PLIMSOLL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈplim(p)-səl, ˈplim-ˌsȯl ]

noun

Etymology: probably from the supposed resemblance of the upper edge of the shoe's mudguard to the Plimsoll mark on a ship

Date: 1907

British : sneaker 2

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