deadmen
Those no longer living
Deadmen is the plural of deadman, a term with several technical meanings united by the idea of something buried or fixed as an anchor.
In construction and landscaping, a deadman is a buried timber, concrete block, or other heavy object used to anchor retaining walls or guy-wires.
In mining, it refers to timbers left in place to support excavations.
The word also appears in bartending slang for empty bottles left on a bar or counter.
Secures ships to seabed
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- guy-wireTensioned anchoring cable
- tentPortable fabric shelter
rigging · excavation · trench · construction · scaffold · mooring · holdfast · backstay
Physical structures of organisms
cemetery · morgue · burial · funeral · zombies · undead · skeletal · coffin
Guarding against harm
- iceWater's solid form
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
- belayAnchor a rope
alpine · glacier · anchor · buried · axe · picket · bollard · rescue
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
tent · rigging · excavation · trench · construction · scaffold · mooring · holdfast · backstay · counterweight
bodies
Physical structures of organisms
graves · cemetery · morgue · burial · funeral · zombies · undead · skeletal · coffin · tomb
protection
Guarding against harm
- iceWater's solid form
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
belay · alpine · glacier · anchor · buried · axe · picket · bollard · rescue · crevasse
pins
Pointed sewing fasteners
knocked · standing · alley · lane · gutterball · frame · tenpin · skittles · duckpin · split
empties
Drains or depleted containers
bar · pub · tavern · drinking · alcohol · cans · party · recycling · glass · dregs
- deadman switchFailsafe requiring continuous activation