diving boat
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noun
a boat used as a tender for divers or others working under water.
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Nearby words
diviner, diving, diving beetle, diving bell, diving board, diving boat, diving duck, diving goiter, diving petrel, diving reflex, diving suit
Origin of diving boat
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Examples from the Web for diving boat
What Fulton did in England with his diving-boat; what he said about America.
The Beginner's American History|D. H. MontgomeryFulton goes to England and to France; his iron bridges; his diving-boat, and what he did with it in France.
The Beginner's American History|D. H. MontgomeryWhile he was in France he made what he called a diving-boat.
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