diving boat

noun

1. a boat used as a tender for divers or others working under water.

Word History and Origins

Origin of diving boat¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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