PE pumps

[goingtocalifornia]

What are PE pumps? What kind of footwear are they?

thank you

[Barb_D]

Could you please provide the full context for where you saw this?

[Mr_Ben]

Barb is right, I'm assuming they are shoes (I could be very wrong but you haven't given us any help) and even making that assumption they could be anything from this:



to this:

[goingtocalifornia]

Could you please provide the full context for where you saw this?

Not much context as it was overheard but I did some more research and I think these are soft shoes worn by children for Physical Education.

[Rover_KE]

That's right.

They are also called plimsolls.

Here they are:

Plimsolls

PE means physical education.

Rover

[Mr_Ben]

Maybe something like these then? Results for pumps - chiarafashion

[freezeframe]

Smart Uniforms -Sportswear Accessories-P.E Pumps

[Raymott]

Interesting, they all look different. So what makes a shoe not be a plimsoll or a pump?

[Barb_D]

Fascinating. I know pumps only as the high-heeled, closed-toe shoes for ladies in the first picture. And I'd never even heard of a plimsoll before!

[curates-egg]

Interesting, they all look different. So what makes a shoe not be a plimsoll or a pump?

"Shoe" is the superordinate, or all-embracing word, which includes all types of footwear. The hyponyms of "shoe" include "sandal", "pump", "brogue". "trainer", etc. "Pump" itself can mean several things, one of which Rover_KE illustrated.

In the 1960s and 1970s it was a common word in Britsh schools for those flexible shoes worn during Physical Education lessons.