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Definition of Lifeboats
1. lifeboat [n] - See also: lifeboat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lifeboats
Literary usage of Lifeboats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Ship Calculations, Construction and Operation: A Book of by Charles Haynes Hughes (1917)
"When folded they are about 18 ins. high so that several when placed on top of
each other will not occupy much more space than one of the ordinary lifeboats. ..."
2. Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects by Osborne Reynolds, Arthur William Brightmore, William Henry Moorby (1901)
"THE lamentable accidents to the St Anne's and Southport lifeboats on the 9th inst.
seem likely to lead to steps being taken to obtain a more systematic ..."
3. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"lifeboats AND DAVITS, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA.
Art. 478. In consequence of the loss of the Titanic in 1912, the principal ..."
4. Ships' Boats: Their Qualities, Construction, Equipment, and Launching Appliances by Ernest Walter Blocksidge (1920)
"Unit of capacity for lifeboats of Class IA and boats of Class III ... given for
lifeboats of Class IB in Column 5 depends on the provision of proper seating ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Since 1890 the institution has been introducing steel lifeboats, 50 feet in length
and of 20 beam, with steam engine power and propellers operated on a ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1869)
"An Improvement in Watering Roads. By "VY. J. COOPER. Improvements in the Pacl-iny
of Boats, lifeboats, and Pontoons. By U. FAWCUS. ..."
7. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy": From London to Paris, and by Havre by John MacGregor (1880)
"MEDINA DOCK is the place to see all sorts of ships and boats for steam, sailing,
or rowing, lifeboats, rafts, and models. The basin is full of broken- ..."