life preserver
noun
1
: a device (such as a life jacket or life buoy) designed to save a person from drowning by providing buoyancy in water
2
chiefly British : blackjack sense 2
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The suggestions include looking for fireflies, watching a sunset over water, exploring a tidepool, taking a walk on a jetty, floating in a tube or an inflated life preserver down a river or a saltwater lagoon, and listening to music outdoors. 
Robert Knox, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 Wallschlager was not wearing a life preserver, Cunningham said. Fox News, 30 June 2022 To increase public safety, DCR has also installed multilingual waterfront signage and added life preserver rings to many locations, according to Cooper. Grace Gilson, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022 However, the website states that life preserver-esque devices designated U.S. Coast Guard-approved are permitted. Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2022 The Lake Michigan Rescue Equipment Act requires those locations that provide direct public access to the water, whether publicly or privately owned, to at a minimum install an easily accessible flotation device, such as a life preserver. Clare Spaulding, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2022 Customers can put their cat up in the Weekend in Purris room, with its Eiffel Tower mural, or Nicatgra Falls, which has a barrel and a life preserver. Gwynn Guilford, WSJ, 4 May 2022 Inside, sculptor Bill Ming positioned a life preserver, hourglass, oar, navigational dividers and ship’s log. Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022 Lagging well-behind rivals in the race to build electric cars, Honda may have now found a life preserver in Sony. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2022 See More
Robert Knox, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 Wallschlager was not wearing a life preserver, Cunningham said. Fox News, 30 June 2022 To increase public safety, DCR has also installed multilingual waterfront signage and added life preserver rings to many locations, according to Cooper. Grace Gilson, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022 However, the website states that life preserver-esque devices designated U.S. Coast Guard-approved are permitted. Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2022 The Lake Michigan Rescue Equipment Act requires those locations that provide direct public access to the water, whether publicly or privately owned, to at a minimum install an easily accessible flotation device, such as a life preserver. Clare Spaulding, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2022 Customers can put their cat up in the Weekend in Purris room, with its Eiffel Tower mural, or Nicatgra Falls, which has a barrel and a life preserver. Gwynn Guilford, WSJ, 4 May 2022 Inside, sculptor Bill Ming positioned a life preserver, hourglass, oar, navigational dividers and ship’s log. Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022 Lagging well-behind rivals in the race to build electric cars, Honda may have now found a life preserver in Sony. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
life preserver
noun
: a device (as a life jacket or life buoy) designed to save a person from drowning by keeping the person afloat