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Definition of Diving board
1. Noun. A springboard from which swimmers can dive.
Definition of Diving board
1. Noun. A springboard used for diving into water. ¹
2. Noun. A diving platform. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diving Board
Literary usage of Diving board
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Besides these are the jack knife limits which are similar lines, 6 ft. from the
end of the diving board, crossing the curb and extending a short distance ..."
2. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1883)
"After a lesson or two how that long elastic plank and diving board will vibrate
as the lithe, happy forms run and leap into the lake. ..."
3. Swimming by Archibald Sinclair, William Henry (1893)
"A run of from twenty to thirty feet is made, when the end of the diving-board is
neared a jump is taken, and the body shoots up into the air. ..."
4. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1917)
"Hand-springing from the Board What would a swimming-hole be without a good diving
board? A particularly good stunt to try from the diving board is the ..."
5. Through Egypt in War-time by Martin Shaw Briggs (1918)
"Just below his marquee was a fine diving-board. Across the lake one could see
the groves of palms and pines in which Ismailia lay, and farther away the bare ..."
6. The Abba Transition by Christopher Waters (2006)
"Finally, he asked if he could jump off the diving board too. ... I swam to the
deep end just under the diving board as Sean walked out to its edge. ..."
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