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plimsoll (iou)



plimsoll noun. In sense 1 also Plimsoll, in sense 2 also plimsole. L19.
[S. Plimsoll (1824-98), English politician and promoter of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876. In sense 2, prob. from the resemblance of the side of the sole to a Plimsoll line; also infl. by SOLE noun2.]
Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark, Plimsoll's mark, a marking on a ship's side indicating the legal limit of the ship's submersion when loaded with cargo under various sea conditions. L19.
fig.: A. Powell Waves of intoxication, lapping against the Plimsoll Line of articulation.
A rubber-soled canvas leisure or sports shoe. Usu. in pl. L19.
plimsolled, plimsoled adjective having or wearing plimsolls M20.