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Breather   /brˈiðər/   Listen
Breather

noun
2.
Air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time.  Synonyms: schnorchel, schnorkel, snorkel, snorkel breather.



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"Breather" Quotes from Famous Books



... a man may find himself, the natural thing being to make his request known, his brother may heartily tell him to pray. Why, what can a man do but pray? He is here—helpless; and his Origin, the breather of his soul, his God, may be somewhere. And what else should he pray about but the thing that troubles him? Not surely the thing that does not trouble him? What is the trouble there for, but to make him cry? It is the pull of God at his being. Let a man only pray. Prayer ...
— Paul Faber, Surgeon • George MacDonald

... Jaques: 'I will chide no breather in the world, but myself, against whom I know most faults.' This is characteristic of Shakespeare, and is in the ...
— More Pages from a Journal • Mark Rutherford



Words linked to "Breather" :   rest period, pigboat, relief, rest, airway, U-boat, submarine, air duct, breathe, sub, respite, air passage



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