diving bell

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.

diving bell

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of diving bell¹

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

It might act a bit like the diving bell that protects human divers.

From Science News For Students

That last film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, won Schnabel the best-director prize at Cannes.

From The Daily Beast

J ulian Schnabel, director of Miral , was nominated for an Academy Award for his film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

From The Daily Beast

I have not risen in the air in a balloon, nor sunk below the level of the sea in a diving-bell.

From Project Gutenberg

For hundreds of years men have used a contrivance called a diving-bell for working under water.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

It was like an open-bottomed diving bell welded to the hull.

From Project Gutenberg

One would think the diving-bell in its now very practicable state might be employed with great advantage for both purposes.

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