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Record 1 2011-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Underwater Diving (Sports)
DEF

A watertight costume for underwater use, connected to the surface or to a diving bell by a tube that provides the wearer with air.

CONT

The first diving suit, with a large metal helmet supplied with air through a hose, was invented in the UK by the brothers John and Charles Deane in 1828.

CONT

Hamish McIntyre readies the pump for Les McCoss who is diving [in] a frog suit with a Drager submarine escape lung and an air economiser ...

OBS

This type of equipment is no longer used.

Key term(s)
  • frog-suit
  • frogsuit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Plongée sous-marine (Sports)
DEF

Appareil de plongée individuel hermétiquement étanche, alimenté en air depuis la surface par une pompe.

CONT

Le bandit [...] tue son compagnon sans la moindre effusion de sang en coupant le tube d'air de son scaphandre.

OBS

Ce genre d'équipement ne s'utilise plus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Buceo (Deportes)
CONT

La escafandra clásica consiste en una vestidura de tela impermeabilizada, provista de una junta estanca en las muñecas [...] y de una armadura en la parte superior del torso. A ella se puede atornillar un casco metálico provisto de mirillas, para permitir la visión en diferentes direcciones.

PHR

Escafandra autónoma, rígida.

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