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Definition of Breeches buoy
1. Noun. A life buoy in the form of a ring with short breeches for support; used to transfer people from a ship.
Definition of Breeches buoy
1. Noun. a ring lifebuoy, fitted with canvas breeches, rigged between ship and shore, for rescuing seamen when a ship is in danger of breaking up; also used for transferring people from ship to ship at sea ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breeches Buoy
Literary usage of Breeches buoy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1873)
"As soon as the breeches buoy reaches the wreck the crew, ... Great care is
necessary in sending off the breeches buoy empty, as in a strong wind it is ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1892)
""None of your darned men-o'-war slippery hitches about this," said he; and Harper,
as he saw the breeches buoy come along the stout cable, ..."
3. The Merchant Marine Manual by Eugene Edward O'Donnell (1918)
"Life-savers on shore will then set hawser taut and by means of the endless line
haul off to your ship a breeches buoy. (Figure 3. ..."
4. Our Inland Seas: Their Shipping & Commerce for Three Centuries by James Cooke Mills (1910)
"It is then that the famous breeches- buoy comes into use, or, ... The breeches-buoy
is not a new appliance, as it was first used a hundred years ago, ..."
5. Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference (1890)
"He put a heaving-stick, the Lyle gun, a shot-line, a whip-line, a breeches-buoy,
and a spare line into the surf-boat, and with his crew set out for the rock ..."
6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"From this hawser the breeches-buoy or life-car it suspended and drawn between
... The breeches-buoy is a cork life-buoy to which is attached a pair of short ..."
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