diving boat

noun

First recorded in 1795–1805

She need not necessarily be a diving boat with a few torpedo tubes and a couple of guns.

The boys were up again at first peep of day, expecting to have to start out with the diving boat as soon as the sun arose.

When the diving boat reached the schooner his shipmates prepared the dead man for burial.

Suddenly a thrill of horror went through him, the diving boat was slowly drifting away—Manuel had played his trump card.

The long anxious day at last drew to its close, anchor was got up on the diving boat, and she was headed back for the schooner.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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