diving bell

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noun
  1. a chamber with an open bottom in which persons can go underwater without special apparatus, water being excluded from the upper part by compressed air fed in by a hose.

Origin of diving bell

1
First recorded in 1655–65

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How to use diving bell in a sentence

  • A lady named Morris, of Plymouth, is recorded to have been the first of her sex to venture under water in a diving bell.

    Literary Byways | William Andrews
  • It was like an open-bottomed diving bell welded to the hull.

    The Syndic | C.M. Kornbluth
  • One would think the diving-bell in its now very practicable state might be employed with great advantage for both purposes.

British Dictionary definitions for diving bell

diving bell

noun
  1. an early diving submersible having an open bottom and being supplied with compressed air

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