plimsolln.

Brit.

/ˈplɪmsl/, U.S.

/ˈplɪms(ə)l/,

/ˈplɪmˌsɔl/,

/ˈplɪmˌsɑl/

Forms: 1800s– plimsoll, 1900s– plimsol, 1900s– plimsole (in sense 2).

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Plimsoll.

Etymology: < the name of Samuel Plimsoll (1824–98), M.P. for Derby, by whose efforts the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876 was introduced.Sense 2 is probably a transferred use of sense 1, with allusion to the rubber strip covering the join between the sole and the canvas upper of the shoe. Cf:1975 G. H. Peters Plimsoll Line 179 Philip Lace, an energetic sales representative employed by the Liverpool Rubber Company, suggested the name ‘Plimsolls’ in 1876 for the new canvas rubber shoes or sand shoes then becoming fashionable for wear on seaside beaches. Their rubber band reminded him of the ‘Plimsoll Line’, marking the limit of safety to which merchant ships can be loaded. ‘Plimsolls’ are water-tight, so long as they are not immersed above the level of the water-band. In form plimsole in this sense by association with sole n.¹

I. Compounds.

1. Nautical. attributive and in the genitive. Chiefly with capital initial. Designating a marking or series of markings on the side of a merchant ship which indicates, in British maritime law, the draught level to which the ship may be loaded with cargo (now consisting of a set of six such marks applying to different sea conditions); esp. in Plimsoll line, Plimsoll's mark (also Plimsoll mark), Plimsoll's pancake (cf. disc n. 3b). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > waterline > mark to show waterline

nail1644

watermark1754

disc1875

Plimsoll line1877

Plimsoll's mark1877

Plimsoll's pancake1877

1877 N. Amer. Rev. July 150 Every steamer goes out loaded to the Plimsoll line, and above it, if the owner dare, with the products of her farms and factories.

1881 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. I see Plimsoll's mark there—pretty high up, isn't it, skipper?

1894 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 1/2 The only question in dispute is where to affix this Plimsoll line of respectability.

1896 Nautical Mag. Jan. 17 ‘Plimsoll's pancake’ will ruin the colonial carrying trade.

1912 R. W. Service Rhymes of Rolling Stone (1913) 78 Loaded to the Plimsoll mark With God's sunshine was that boy.

1920 P. L. Waldron Afloat & Ashore 57 The ship was loaded down to ‘Plimsoll's pancake’.

1961 John o' London's 18 May 567/1 Wearing towel..and not wearing that a millimetre more than the censor demands either below or above the cheesecake plimsoll-line.

1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo iv. 59 Big bull elephants..stand up to their plimsoll lines in the lake.

1978 T. de V. White My Name is Norval i. 15 She had..[a] formula for..the restraining of male advances: a Plimsoll mark below which she was theoretically in danger.

1993 Guardian 14 Oct. ii. 12/1 Ships settle into the deep ocean ooze to the same depth that they settle on the surface: to the Plimsoll line.

II. Simple uses.

2. A rubber-soled canvas leisure or sports shoe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > made from specific material > canvas

sand-shoes1858

boat shoe1865

deck shoe1879

plimsoll1885

tennis shoe1887

sneaker1895

pump1897

tackiec1902

Ked1917

puss shoe1938

puss boot1942

runner1970

1885 Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 Aug. 772 Universal Plimsoll..Plimsoll Shoes.

1899 Shoe & Leather Rec. 24 Mar. 638 (advt.) ‘Plimsoll’ gymnastic and tennis shoes.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake ii. 397 Their blankets and materny mufflers and plimsoles.

1959 F. Baines In Deep 29 Moses and I put on plimsolls and slipped down the alley-way.

1995 Atlantic Monthly July 59/1 The young men ran along the edge of the pool,..their muscular legs brown under their shorts, their plimsolls padding.

Derivatives

ˈplimsolled adj. wearing plimsolls.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing shoes > other

well-shod1509

pattened1519

pumped1600

soleated1623

high-shoed1649

red-heeled1716

sandalled1802

brogue-shod1812

high-shod1856

high-shoed1868

snow-shoed1896

plimsolled1955

sneakered1961

1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iv. 183 Dancing on plimsolled toes like a boxer.

1988 A. Hollinghurst Swimming Pool Libr. v. 100 His bag was on the floor at his plimsolled feet.

2003 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 5 July 43 ‘I'm so sorry,’ I said, backing off and treading with the full weight of my heel onto the plimsolled toe of a youth holding a crash helmet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plimsoll
释义	plimsolln. Brit. /ˈplɪmsl/, U.S. /ˈplɪms(ə)l/, /ˈplɪmˌsɔl/, /ˈplɪmˌsɑl/ Forms: 1800s– plimsoll, 1900s– plimsol, 1900s– plimsole (in sense 2). Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Plimsoll. Etymology: < the name of Samuel Plimsoll (1824–98), M.P. for Derby, by whose efforts the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876 was introduced.Sense 2 is probably a transferred use of sense 1, with allusion to the rubber strip covering the join between the sole and the canvas upper of the shoe. Cf:1975 G. H. Peters Plimsoll Line 179 Philip Lace, an energetic sales representative employed by the Liverpool Rubber Company, suggested the name ‘Plimsolls’ in 1876 for the new canvas rubber shoes or sand shoes then becoming fashionable for wear on seaside beaches. Their rubber band reminded him of the ‘Plimsoll Line’, marking the limit of safety to which merchant ships can be loaded. ‘Plimsolls’ are water-tight, so long as they are not immersed above the level of the water-band. In form plimsole in this sense by association with sole n.¹ I. Compounds. 1. Nautical. attributive and in the genitive. Chiefly with capital initial. Designating a marking or series of markings on the side of a merchant ship which indicates, in British maritime law, the draught level to which the ship may be loaded with cargo (now consisting of a set of six such marks applying to different sea conditions); esp. in Plimsoll line, Plimsoll's mark (also Plimsoll mark), Plimsoll's pancake (cf. disc n. 3b). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > waterline > mark to show waterline nail1644 watermark1754 disc1875 Plimsoll line1877 Plimsoll's mark1877 Plimsoll's pancake1877 1877 N. Amer. Rev. July 150 Every steamer goes out loaded to the Plimsoll line, and above it, if the owner dare, with the products of her farms and factories. 1881 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. I see Plimsoll's mark there—pretty high up, isn't it, skipper? 1894 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 1/2 The only question in dispute is where to affix this Plimsoll line of respectability. 1896 Nautical Mag. Jan. 17 ‘Plimsoll's pancake’ will ruin the colonial carrying trade. 1912 R. W. Service Rhymes of Rolling Stone (1913) 78 Loaded to the Plimsoll mark With God's sunshine was that boy. 1920 P. L. Waldron Afloat & Ashore 57 The ship was loaded down to ‘Plimsoll's pancake’. 1961 John o' London's 18 May 567/1 Wearing towel..and not wearing that a millimetre more than the censor demands either below or above the cheesecake plimsoll-line. 1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo iv. 59 Big bull elephants..stand up to their plimsoll lines in the lake. 1978 T. de V. White My Name is Norval i. 15 She had..[a] formula for..the restraining of male advances: a Plimsoll mark below which she was theoretically in danger. 1993 Guardian 14 Oct. ii. 12/1 Ships settle into the deep ocean ooze to the same depth that they settle on the surface: to the Plimsoll line. II. Simple uses. 2. A rubber-soled canvas leisure or sports shoe. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > made from specific material > canvas sand-shoes1858 boat shoe1865 deck shoe1879 plimsoll1885 tennis shoe1887 sneaker1895 pump1897 tackiec1902 Ked1917 puss shoe1938 puss boot1942 runner1970 1885 Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 Aug. 772 Universal Plimsoll..Plimsoll Shoes. 1899 Shoe & Leather Rec. 24 Mar. 638 (advt.) ‘Plimsoll’ gymnastic and tennis shoes. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake ii. 397 Their blankets and materny mufflers and plimsoles. 1959 F. Baines In Deep 29 Moses and I put on plimsolls and slipped down the alley-way. 1995 Atlantic Monthly July 59/1 The young men ran along the edge of the pool,..their muscular legs brown under their shorts, their plimsolls padding. Derivatives ˈplimsolled adj. wearing plimsolls. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing shoes > other well-shod1509 pattened1519 pumped1600 soleated1623 high-shoed1649 red-heeled1716 sandalled1802 brogue-shod1812 high-shod1856 high-shoed1868 snow-shoed1896 plimsolled1955 sneakered1961 1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iv. 183 Dancing on plimsolled toes like a boxer. 1988 A. Hollinghurst Swimming Pool Libr. v. 100 His bag was on the floor at his plimsolled feet. 2003 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 5 July 43 ‘I'm so sorry,’ I said, backing off and treading with the full weight of my heel onto the plimsolled toe of a youth holding a crash helmet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1877
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