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life belt

noun

life belt

a ring filled with buoyant material or air, used to keep a person afloat when in danger of drowning

First recorded in 1855–60

A millionaire might offer more for a life belt as a souvenir than a drowning man could pay for it to save his life.

His father told him to run and hunt round for the life-belt, and he went to left instead of to right, and missed of seeing it.

It was a bad business that the life-belt was well away at the far end, and I had no chance to handle it in time.

Each man and woman get a life belt ready, but you need not put them on until you are told.

The captain led Chester away from the dead, out to the open deck, and buckled around him a life-belt.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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