swimming bath

American  

noun

British.

1. swimming pool.

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swimming bath British  

noun

1. (often plural) an indoor swimming pool

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Etymology

Origin of swimming bath

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

People think it's similar to jumping off the side of your local swimming bath into the water.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2013

There they drank her health and that of her pet baby lioness, reclined upon satin cushions, later disported themselves in her swimming bath, said to have cost 200,000 francs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Everything was good of its kind, down to the gymnastic courts and swimming bath.

From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by Froude, James Anthony

I’ve practised regularly, from a boy, in the sea, and in the swimming bath, and even in my wash-hand basin—hours at a time I’ve practised—but I never can keep under more than two minutes.’

From The Magic World by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)

We have already noted in a previous discussion that the Berkeley Springs bath houses of the 1850s provided a swimming bath for men but no similar facilities for women.

From Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States by Kidwell, Claudia B.

Related Words

• pool