Crossword clues for schnorkel
Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of snorkel English)
WordNet
n. air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time [syn: snorkel, schnorchel, snorkel breather, breather]
Usage examples of "schnorkel".
In the meantime there is this stopgap measure, the Schnorkel, which is just plumbing: a pipe that sticks up out of the water and enables you to run on diesel power, just beneath the surface.
Every time U-691 surfaces for more than an hour, Holz is up there working on the Schnorkel, welding new bits on, grinding old bits off, wrapping it in rubber or some other stuff that he hopes will absorb the radar.
The engineers who installed the Schnorkel in Lorient six months ago wouldn't recognize it now because it has evolved, like shrews evolving into tigers.
Bischoff takes U-691 up to schnorkel depth and points her straight up the middle of the English Channel, as advertised.
The engineers who installed the Schnorkel in Lorient six months ago wouldn’t recognize it now because it has evolved, like shrews evolving into tigers.
From this, it is only a step to a canard swing-wing craft, with schnorkel and communication gear mounted on the vertical fin.