n.
- A breathing apparatus used by swimmers and skin divers, consisting of a long tube held in the mouth.
- A retractable vertical tube in a diesel-engine submarine that contains air-intake and exhaust pipes for the engines and for ventilation, permitting extended periods of submergence at periscope depth.
To dive using a snorkel.
[German Schnorchel, from dialectal, nose (from its resemblance in shape to a nose).]
snorkeler snor'kel·er n.
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