plunge bath

a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into

Words nearby plunge bath

Similar in its effects to the cold bath or plunge-bath; but without many of its advantages.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley
Well, yes, a little bruised; but having had his plunge-bath: that's the great thing.

Sylvie and Bruno |Lewis Carroll
A stream of water ran at the foot of the garden, and close to it was built a vapour-bath, and a dressing-house for a plunge-bath.

Fred Markham in Russia |W. H. G. Kingston
A plunge-bath, a tooth-pulling, an amputation, and a dress-party are all worse in anticipation than in the moment of infliction.

The End Of The World |Edward Eggleston

At last he dashed out as if he were going into what a friend of mine calls a plunge-bath.

The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete |John Forster