diving suit

noun

: a waterproof suit with a removable helmet that is worn by a diver who is supplied with air pumped through a tube

Examples of diving suit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Sandy, who sports an airtight diving suit underwater and speaks with an exaggerated Southern twang, has frequently referenced her Texas roots, but the show rarely goes above sea level with her, much less as far as Galveston. Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024 Clad in a full steampunk-style deep-sea diving suit, this animatronic also clutches a harpoon with rogue seaweed hanging from the tip. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024 Bond proudly sports the iconic model over his yellow diving suit during the dive in the yellow submarine to the St. Georges wreck. Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024 Roberts could be seen sporting a blue diving suit while her partner wore a black bathing suit with a white cap. Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023 His international platform United 24 launched fundraising for lifeboats, motor pumps, diving suits and other things for rescuers. Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 8 June 2023 Last week, the North Korean man, wearing flippers, a padded jacket and a diving suit, waded through choppy waters along the Korean Peninsula’s east coast, according to South Korea’s semiofficial Yonhap News Agency, citing the country’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021 In another Ganesh image, a figure in an antique deep-sea diving suit appears to inhale a phantasmagorical portrait of a bejeweled Indian goddess through a breathing valve in the dive helmet. Steven Litt, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2022 That’s a diving suit that would be flexible but could still withstand enormous pressure. Eric A Powell, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2012

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Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of diving suit was in 1908

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“Diving suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diving%20suit. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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