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Definition of Life raft
1. Noun. A raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency.
Definition of Life raft
1. Noun. A usually inflatable raft carried aboard a ship or airplane, used to save lives in case the vessel has to be abandoned in an emergency on the sea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Life Raft
Literary usage of Life raft
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"A life-raft invented in England in 1870 is triangular in shape and constructed
of wood, ... The typical modern life- raft consists of two metal cylinders, ..."
2. A History of the Transport Service: Adventures and Experiences of United by Albert Gleaves (1921)
"The submarine then went alongside a life raft which was crowded, ... After several
hours the life boat and the life raft were brought together and five men ..."
3. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Benjamin Vincent, Joseph Haydn (1906)
"The American Life-raft, composed of cylinders lashed together, ... Mieta' Life-raft,
reported good on trial in East India docks i Oct. 1874 April, ..."
4. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy": From London to Paris, and by Havre by John MacGregor (1880)
"THE ' Nonpareil' American life-raft was in Cowes after her Atlantic voyage of
forty-three days at sea. Two of her three adventurous crew were Germans, ..."
5. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1912)
"THE ABC LIFE-RAFT The ABC life-raft shown in the cut has just been put on the
... The finished article forms a strong, durable life-raft, small in size, ..."
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