diving dress
- noun
- /ˈdaɪvɪŋ drɛs/
- Archaic
:
traje de buceo
- He struggled to walk on deck in his heavy diving dress before beginning the descent.
Examples
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Modern scuba gear has replaced the traditional diving dress in most underwater operations.
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The museum displayed an old diving dress used by early underwater explorers.
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The diving dress was heavy and cumbersome.
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Many diving dresses were used in the early 20th century.
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He struggled to walk on deck in his heavy diving dress before beginning the descent.
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Modern scuba gear has replaced the traditional diving dress in most underwater operations.
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The museum displayed an old diving dress used by early underwater explorers.
Synonyms
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A heavy airtight suit that gives a person air to breathe underwater
How Protective
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'diving dress' is directly interpretable as clothing for diving by combining 'diving' (relating to the activity of diving) with 'dress' (an item of clothing). While a B1 learner might not infer the historical detail that it is a heavy, airtight suit used before modern scuba gear, the general meaning (a garment used for diving) is transparent and follows common compounding patterns.
Etymology
Diving dress comes from the heavy clothes divers used to put on for work under the water. Imagine a diver putting on a bulky, airtight suit with a metal helmet — the words diving and dress mean 'clothes for diving', and that's why the phrase now refers to the old heavy suit used before modern scuba.