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Definition of Schnorkel
1. Noun. Air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time.
Generic synonyms: Air Duct, Air Passage, Airway
Group relationships: Pigboat, Sub, Submarine, U-boat
Derivative terms: Breathe
Definition of Schnorkel
1. Noun. (alternative form of snorkel) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schnorkel
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schnorkel
Literary usage of Schnorkel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain (1919)
"I don't know what a schnorkel is, but now that I know it has been left out of
these operas I never have missed so much in my life. ..."
2. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1909)
"105): "der Schluss der Szene ist durch einen schnorkel am linken Rande angedeutet,
der alien- falls 0 mit ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... a wrinkled old woman ; G. schnorkel, a volute in Architecture. ON. ined snerk-
jit/tifa ncf, with upturned nose ..."
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