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ˈfrogman
[frog1 1.]
A man wearing a close-fitting suit of rubber or the like, with goggles and flippers, and equipped with a self-contained supply of oxygen to enable him to swim and operate under water; so ˈfrogwoman. b. (See quot. 1962.)
1945Sphere 22 Sept. 359/3 (caption) The complete apparatus worn by the ‘frog-men’. 1947Nature 18 Jan. 88/2 An attempt to obtain samples of blood and tissues from the whale carcase..will be made by a scientific man working in a self-contained oxygen swim-suit (‘frog man suit’). 1949N.Y. Times 25 Dec. E7/5 ‘Frogmen’, as they are called, wear self-contained breathing apparatus and web-like rubber shoes, used in the war, and swim like fish without stirring up mud, so that fish can be stalked with cameras. 1955Times 6 June 4/2 Royal Navy frogmen flown by helicopter from Gosport searched the wreckage and recovered the four bodies. 1962D. E. Barnes Newnes Conc. Encycl. Nucl. Energy 266/1 Frogmen is the name given to those who work in completely enclosing rubber suits, known as frogsuits, which are used to give protection against airborne radioactive material. Ibid. 266/2 (caption) Frogman suit. 1963Daily Tel. 22 July 11/8 Teams of frogmen and frogwomen from all parts of Britain searched the sea and two lakes yesterday for a trail of clues leading to three sunken ‘treasure’ chests. |