The Collaborative International Dictionary
Submarine mine
Submarine \Sub`ma*rine"\, a. Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.
Submarine armor, a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water.
Submarine cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
Submarine mine. See Torpedo, 2 (a) .
Usage examples of "submarine mine".
They looked rather like the detonating horns of a submarine mine, but there was a glint of crystal at the tip-end of each.