diving board
noun1
A springboard used for diving into water.
- The spring diving board is four feet above the water, but there is another diving board five feet higher than this one.1875, The Herald of Health, page 77:
- when a laminated wood diving board begins to split at the seams, there's just one thing to do: cut it apart and glue it back together.1961 May 23, Popular Science, volume 178, number 5, page 173:
1 more example
- A piece of equipment (e.g., a sport surface or a diving board) stores energy when deformed and releases this energy when the deformation restores.2000, Benno Maurus Nigg, Biomechanics and Biology of Movement, page 54: