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Definition of Life ring

1. Noun. A life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material.

Definition of Life ring

1. Noun. A life-buoy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Life Ring

Literary usage of Life ring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1842)
"The following lines upon the Life- ring wi-re improvised by the Seeress in ... Thee, cryptic Life-ring, shall I find agen, When through her Earthly Rings my ..."

2. Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the More Important Sagas and Other by Frederick York Powell, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1905)
"If a man believe in a stone for his healing or the healing of his cattle, he shall pay a life-ring-garth fine. No man shall keep unborn cattle. ..."

3. Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of by Bibber Webster, J. L. Bates, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag (1920)
"Buoy, life ring. See life ring BUOY. Buoy Rope. See ROPE, BUOY. Buoy Mooring. A term applied to a floating object that is anchored in a harbor or roadstead ..."

4. The Yachtsman's Handbook on the Practical Equipping, Care and Handling of Boats by Herbert Lawrence Stone (1912)
"So there should always be a life ring within reach of the helmsman, ... As good a way as any is to have the life ring held by a couple of straps, ..."

5. Safety and Health Requirements Manual: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers edited by Robert H. Griffin (1999)
"On shore installations, at least one life ring, and every third one thereafter, shall have a PFD light attached. PFD lights on life rings are required only ..."

6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"Ring out the age of wordy strife, Of argumentai equipoise; Ring in the rule of simple noise, Ring in the ampler louder life. Ring (as l said and .still ..."

7. Holy-days and Holidays: A Treasury of Historical Material, Sermons in Full by Edward Mark Deems (1906)
"Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife ; Ring in the nobler modes of life, Ring in the common love of good. ..."

8. The Cambrian (1894)
"Yes! ring out the old life, ring in the new which is created after God in knowledge and holiness. King out the bad habit that eats your life like carnage, ..."

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