Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PLIMSOLL'S MARK
PLIMSOLL'S MARK Plim "soll's mark `. (Naut. )
Defn: A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured.
New American Oxford Dictionary
plimsoll
plim soll |ˈplimsəl, -sōl ˌplɪmsəl |(also plimsole ) ▶noun Brit. a light rubber-soled canvas shoe, worn esp. for sports. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: probably from the resemblance of the side of the sole to a Plimsoll line .
Plimsoll line
Plim soll line |ˈplimsəl, -sōl ˈplɪmsəl |(also Plimsoll mark ) ▶noun a marking on a ship's side showing the limit of submersion legal under various conditions. ORIGIN named after Samuel Plimsoll (1824 –98 ), the English politician whose agitation in the 1870s resulted in the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876, intended to end the practice of sending to sea overloaded and heavily insured old ships, from which the owners profited if they sank.
Oxford Dictionary
plimsoll
plimsoll |ˈplɪms (ə )l |(also plimsole ) ▶noun Brit. a light rubber-soled canvas shoe, worn especially for sports. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: probably from the resemblance of the side of the sole to a Plimsoll line .
Plimsoll line
Plimsoll line |ˈplɪms (ə )l |(also Plimsoll mark ) ▶noun a marking on a ship's side showing the limit of legal submersion when loaded with cargo under various sea conditions. ORIGIN named after Samuel Plimsoll (1824 –98 ), the English politician whose agitation in the 1870s resulted in the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876, ending the practice of sending to sea overloaded and heavily insured old ships, from which the owners profited if they sank.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
plimsoll
plim soll /plɪ́ms (ə )l /名詞 ｟英 ｠〖～s 〗ゴム底のズック [運動 ]靴 (｟米 ｠sneakers ).P -́ l ì ne [m à rk ]〖the ～〗〘海 〙プリムソル標 ; 満載喫水線 [標 ] 〘船腹に示されている線; この線の見える所までの載貨は許可; load lineともいう 〙.
The Wordsmith Dictionary