[
US
/ˈækwəɫəŋ/
]
[ UK /ˈækwəlˌʌŋ/ ]
[ UK /ˈækwəlˌʌŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
How To Use aqualung In A Sentence
- His aqualung scraped the bottom of the punt and he reached up, grabbed the thwart and pulled the frail craft completely over. THE KEYS OF HELL
- And with rubber that is soft to the skin and an innovative flexing joint to keep your toes from hyperextending they're more comfortable than anything you've rented—it's gear like this that will get you hooked. aqualung.com Fins To Go
- Thus the new band is relieved of having to play the old Tull chestnuts that work well as boozy, big-room sing-alongs: " Aqualung, " " Too Old to Rock ' n ' Roll, " " Locomotive Breath " and others from the band ' s 43-year-old catalog. Anderson Avoids the Late-Career Tull
- Now the jetty of the Dive Centre within the complex marks the limit of Egyptian territory, and woe betide anyone who thinks they might meander northwards equipped with aqualung and fins.
- Since that time most of the countries bordering the Mediterranean have made spearfishing with the aid of aqualungs illegal.
- Composed of a few simple parts in a rugged design, the Cousteau aqualung transformed diving from a dangerous pastime for a small number of daredevils into an accessible and surprisingly safe hobby engaged in by millions. Jacques Cousteau: Tech Pioneer
- I like the flexibility an aqualung offers to get slightly lower camera angles, though I have to be very careful with my buoyancy control to avoid stirring up silt.
- So it seems only right and proper to squirm into a drysuit, don an aqualung and slip through a dark, forbidding hole in the frozen waters at Tignes-Le-Lac to avoid the blizzard conditions.
- The invention of the aqualung had removed the single most daunting barrier to man's conquest of the planet.
- The aqualung opened the underwater world to diving adventurers in the 1940s.