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Definition of Safety catch
1. Noun. Guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired.
Definition of Safety catch
1. Noun. A latching device that prevents accidental activation of a dangerous event, an interlock. Colloquially shortened to just a safety. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Safety Catch
Literary usage of Safety catch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"... Self-Acting safety catch. Special means of carrying these carboys have been
devised from time to time, and one of them is shown in the illustration on ..."
2. Index of Mining Engineering Literature: Comprising an Index of Mining by Walter Richard Crane (1909)
"I. A SAFETY-CATCH FOR CAGES (Steel Springs in Guides). Coll. Engr., vol. 9, p.
278. ... I. THE LIEVENS SAFETY-CATCH. E. & MJ, vol. 35, p. 177. i column. ..."
3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1907)
"The Undeutsch safety catch. Er- minio Ferraris. Review of a book by Hermann
Undeutsch, considering the rational construction of safety-catches on cages, ..."
4. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1907)
"The Undeutsch safety catch. Er- minio Ferraris. Review of a book by Hermann
Undeutsch, considering the rational construction of safety-catches on cages, ..."
5. Dynamo-electricity: Its Generation, Application, Transmission, Storage and by George Bartlett Prescott (1884)
"... such as a gas or water pipe, with them, Mr. Edison has invented a device termed
a safety catch, which secures absolute freedom from danger by fire, ..."
6. Dynamo-electricity: Its Generation, Application, Transmission, Storage and by George Bartlett Prescott (1884)
"The object of the safety-catch ia to obviate the danger of fire arising from an
excess of current at any given point For instance, if from any cause an ..."
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