Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bath large enough for swimming.

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Examples

  • Queen Zubaydah entered the garden and, coming to the swimming-bath, — And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Queen Zubaydah entered the garden one day and, coming to the swimming-bath, gazed upon its goodliness; and the sheen of the water and the overshading of the trees pleased her.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Why, yes, I said, but the fact is that when a man is out of his depth, whether he has fallen into a little swimming-bath or into mid-ocean, he has to swim all the same.

    The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

  • The school possessed the biggest swimming-bath I had ever seen.

    MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

  • The school possessed the biggest swimming-bath I had ever seen.

    MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

  • The school possessed the biggest swimming-bath I had ever seen.

    MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

  • In summer I did so chiefly because Leatherhead boasted a tiny swimming-bath; better than nothing to me who had learned to swim almost before I can remember and who, till middle age and rheumatism crept upon me, was passionately fond of being in water.

    Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955

  • And he helped strip his master of the hateful, tight, hot European clothes and trotted joyfully after him to the swimming-bath, and watched him dive in and swim the length and climb out the other end, and disappear between curtains into the luxurious rooms of the East.

    The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

  • But perhaps the greatest attraction to the hot and weary officer, and which leaves the most grateful memory with the dusky warriors who march through in war and peace, is the deep cool swimming-bath alongside which under the trees is spread a breakfast that suits the hour and climate.

    The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband

  • The mess stands in a five-acre garden, which has been the joy of many generations; for, apart from its abundant fertility, amidst its shades are to be found a swimming-bath and racquet-court, as well as tennis, badminton, and croquet lawns.

    The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband

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