life belt
Emergency buoyancy device
A life belt is a buoyant ring or belt worn around the torso to keep a person afloat in water.
The term applies both to the ring-shaped flotation devices thrown from ships and to inflatable belts worn by passengers on aircraft.
The flight attendant demonstrated how to inflate the life belt.
Closed curve shape
- buoyTethered nautical signal
- preserverOne that maintains or saves
- lifesaverEmergency rescue person
- inflatableExpandable by air
PFD · personal flotation device · vest · jacket · foam · air chamber · tube · inner tube
ring
Closed curve shape
inflatable · PFD · personal flotation device · vest · jacket · foam · air chamber · tube · inner tube · water wings
lifeguard
Paid swimming supervisor
coastguard · lifeboat · distress · SOS · throw · toss · reach · man overboard · victim · swimmer
vessel
Receptacle for contents
railing · cruise · ferry · yacht · lifeboat · captain · crew · passenger · port · starboard
- preserversbuoy, flotation device, lifeguard, rescuer, savior
- lifesavinglifeboat, surf boat, rescue boat, surfmen, keeper
life beltanchor
Secures ships to seabed
weight belt · concrete shoes · cement shoes · ballast · millstone
life beltweight belt
Worn counterbuoyancy device
ankle weights · chain · ball and chain · drag
life, belt, lives, live, lived, lively, liveliness, livelihood, lifelong