PLIMSOLL


Meaning of PLIMSOLL in English

/plim"seuhl, -sohl/ , n. Brit.

a canvas shoe with a rubber sole; gym shoe; sneaker.

Also, plimsol, plimsole .

[ 1905-10; perh. so called from fancied resemblance of the sole to a Plimsoll mark ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .