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cork-jacket
[f. cork n.1]
A jacket made partly of cork, or lined with cork, to support a person in the water.
1761Chron. in Ann. Reg. 157/1 A fisherman who had been cast away seven hours, and saved his life by means of a cork jacket. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. i, The cork-jacket which carries the heroes of romance safe through all the billows of affliction. 1891Standard 19 Nov. 2/1 A large number of men crowded into the boat with cork-jackets on. |