The act of taking a bath. / The act of swimming.

present participle of bathe

present participle of bath

A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.

A hard dry biscuit made from flour, butter, yeast and milk; often eaten with cheese.

(naval) The names of battles and actions in which a warship (or a previous namesake) has taken part, usually displayed on a board in a prominent position

Alternative form of battlecruiser

(nautical) To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo. / (transitive) To secure. / (intransitive) To prepare for adversity.

(idiomatic) To prepare for trouble.

A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe