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Definition of Swallow dive
1. Noun. A dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water.
Definition of Swallow dive
1. Noun. a swan dive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swallow Dive
Literary usage of Swallow dive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Swim by Annette Kellermann (1918)
"... in the swallow dive 244 swallow dive 247 Jackknife dive 251 Standing sitting
dive 255 Side dive 259 Dolphin dive 263 Front back dive . ..."
2. At Home in the Water: Swimming, Diving, Life Saving, Water Sports, Natatoriums by George Hebden Corsan (1910)
"... SWAN OR swallow dive Take a good run, landing on end of springboard, feet
together, back hollowed, head well back; jump high up for short dive, ..."
3. Swimming by Archibald Sinclair, William Henry (1916)
"To Englishmen the term 'swallow' dive, not 'swan,' would best convey the notion
of this idealistic manner of reaching the water, for it is just like the ..."
4. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"The lively swallow dive/' into the court, and, rising with a surge, darts away
twittering over the roofs; the busy bee toils humming among the flower beds, ..."
5. At Home in the Water: Swimming, Diving, Life Saving, Water Sports, Natatoriums by George Hebden Corsan (1914)
"... SWAN OR swallow dive Take a good run, landing on end of springboard, feet
together, back hollowed, head well back; jump high up for short dive, ..."
6. Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Richard Jefferies, J. Baden Jefferies (1889)
"Most pleasant it is to see the eave swallow dive down from the roof and rush over
the scarcely green garden—a household sign of summer. ..."
7. The Esthetics of Motion, with Special Reference to the Psychology of Grace by Paul Souriau, George Henry Browne (1917)
"swallow dive "Perhaps," remarked Miss Kellermann, "this suspension of the body
in water may account for the fact that swimming produces the smoothest and ..."
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