plimsoll

plim·soll  (plmsl, -sôl) also plim·sol or plim·sole (-sl)

n. Chiefly British

A rubber-soled cloth shoe; a sneaker.

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

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plimsoll, plimsole [ˈplɪmsəl]

n

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

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

Thesaurus

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

Translations

plimsoll [ˈplɪmsəl]

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

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

plimsoll [ˈplɪmsəl] n (Brit) → scarpa da tennis