单词 | life rocket |
释义 | > as lemmaslife rocket life rocket n. now chiefly historical a rocket to which a line is attached, fired to establish communication with a vessel in distress; cf. life-shot n. ΚΠ 1842 Hull Packet 18 Feb. 4/3 We are again obliged to omit the account of ‘Life Rocket Practice at Whitburn’,..which shall appear in our next. 1852 Times 15 Nov. 6/6 Captain Bernard, of the Coast Guard..fired several rockets from Dennett's life rocket apparatus but all to no purpose. 1892 Liverpool Mercury 28 Sept. 7/1 There was no necessity for them to have exercised the life rocket apparatus. 1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 298/2 Life rocket, a rocket designed to carry a line over, or to, a ship in distress. < as lemmas |
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