cork-jacketn.
A jacket made partly of cork, or lined with cork, to support a person in the water.
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1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 Chron. 157/1 A fisherman who had been cast away seven hours, and saved his life by means of a cork jacket.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 35 The cork-jacket, which carries the heroes of romance safe through all the billows of affliction.
1891 Standard 19 Nov. 2/1 A large number of men crowded into the boat with cork-jackets on.
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