breeches buoy

noun Nautical.

a rescue device consisting of a life buoy from which is suspended a canvas sling, similar in form to a pair of breeches, in which shipwrecked or disabled persons are hauled from a vessel to the shore or to another vessel by means of a rope and pulley between them.

Origin of breeches buoy

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby breeches buoy

breech birth, breechblock, breechcloth, breech delivery, breeches, breeches buoy, breeches part, breeching, breechless, breechloader, breechloading

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Example sentences from the Web for breeches buoy

I'd love to see you in a breeches-buoy, Perry, and I couldn't if it was dark.
The Adventure Club Afloat|Ralph Henry Barbour
The principal apparatus consists of surf- and life-boats, Lyle gun and breeches-buoy apparatus and life-car.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5|Various
What must be done was to get a hawser to the schooner, and then, by means of the breeches-buoy, haul off the wrecked men.
The Sea Rovers|Rufus Rockwell Wilson
Supposing I told you that the man left the ship, alive and sound in the breeches-buoy, and got here in this condition.
The Flying Death|Samuel Hopkins Adams

With the weight of a man on it, the breeches-buoy line sank below the surface of the water, or rather the mush-ice.
The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers|Francis Rolt-Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for breeches buoy

breeches buoy

noun

a ring-shaped life buoy with a support in the form of a pair of short breeches, in which a person is suspended for safe transfer from a ship

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单词	breeches buoy
释义	breeches buoy noun Nautical. a rescue device consisting of a life buoy from which is suspended a canvas sling, similar in form to a pair of breeches, in which shipwrecked or disabled persons are hauled from a vessel to the shore or to another vessel by means of a rope and pulley between them. Origin of breeches buoy First recorded in 1875–80 Words nearby breeches buoy breech birth, breechblock, breechcloth, breech delivery, breeches, breeches buoy, breeches part, breeching, breechless, breechloader, breechloading Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for breeches buoy I'd love to see you in a breeches-buoy, Perry, and I couldn't if it was dark. The Adventure Club Afloat\|Ralph Henry Barbour The principal apparatus consists of surf- and life-boats, Lyle gun and breeches-buoy apparatus and life-car. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5\|Various What must be done was to get a hawser to the schooner, and then, by means of the breeches-buoy, haul off the wrecked men. The Sea Rovers\|Rufus Rockwell Wilson Supposing I told you that the man left the ship, alive and sound in the breeches-buoy, and got here in this condition. The Flying Death\|Samuel Hopkins Adams With the weight of a man on it, the breeches-buoy line sank below the surface of the water, or rather the mush-ice. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers\|Francis Rolt-Wheeler British Dictionary definitions for breeches buoy breeches buoy noun a ring-shaped life buoy with a support in the form of a pair of short breeches, in which a person is suspended for safe transfer from a ship Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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