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ˈlife-saving, a.
[See life n. 16 b.]
Of or pertaining to the saving of life from drowning, shipwreck, etc. Hence life-saving station, a coastal or beach building with life-saving equipment and life-savers. Also as vbl. n., the saving of life (from drowning).
1858Statutes at Large U.S.A. XI. 320 Twenty-eight life-saving stations on the coast of New Jersey. 1877Harper's Mag. Dec. 50/2 The life-saving car is passing from the vessel to the shore with living freight. Ibid., The life-saving station. 1903N.Y. Times 25 Sept. 14 The plight of the sloop had been signalled at the life-saving station at Sandy Hook. 1906Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 30 Jan. 4/1 There should be somewhere within reach adequate life-saving stations. 1915W. E. Dommett Submarine Vessels vii. 80 (caption) Bluejacket wearing life⁓saving helmet. 1931V. Palmer Separate Lives 101 Dot and Peter were playing life-saving in the sand: Dot, lying flat on her back with her frock rucked up over her knees, and Peter restoring circulation the way he had seen the men do. 1932N. Palmer Talking it Over 139 The same short stretch of surf..usually marked off short to give the life⁓saving patrol a chance of handling the crowd. 1933Boys' Mag. XLVII. 122/1 Learn methods of life-saving as soon as possible. 1967C. O. Skinner Madame Sarah ix. 175 Then came a delegation from the Life-Saving Society of Havre. 1973A. Mann Tiara ii. 14 McCarthy had won prizes for swimming and life-saving.
Hence (as a back-formation) ˈlife-save v. trans., to rescue from death by drowning; to act towards as a life-saver. Also intr.
1938‘J. Bell’ Port of London Murders x. 180 You mind what you're about. I'm not going to life-save you a second time. 1968P. Dickinson Weathermonger i. 11 Geoffrey thought he might possibly be able to swim round to the harbour... But he couldn't do it if he had to lifesave Sally all the way. 1973‘M. Hebden’ Dark Side of Island iii. 32 Can you life-save?.. Are you a good swimmer? |