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swimline

swimline noun: a cable or line that is used to connect divers so that they are spaced out within sight of each other.

Noun

swimline (plural swimlines)

  1. A cable or line that is used to connect divers so that they are spaced out within sight of each other.
    • The main concern with the swimline is that without some form of control there is no clear idea of the path of the search. Thus a survey of a defined area can be a hit-or-miss operation. One solution is to lay a jackstay on the seabed with the end diver of the swimline follows.2016, Jeremy Green, Maritime Archaeology, →ISBN

Forms of swimline

pluralswimlines

Origin of swimline

From swim + line.

Questions about swimline

What does swimline mean?
Swimline means a cable or line that is used to connect divers so that they are spaced out within sight of each other.
What part of speech is swimline?
Swimline is a noun.
What is the plural of swimline?
The plural of swimline is swimlines.

Words near swimline in the dictionary

  1. swimfin
  2. swimfins
  3. swimlane
  4. swimlaned
  5. swimlanes
  6. swimline
  7. swimlines
  8. swimmability
  9. swimmable
  10. swimmably
  11. swimmand

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