boat drill

noun

practice in launching the lifeboats and taking off the passengers and crew of a ship

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He carried a rubber ball that he wouldn’t be parted with even for boat drill.

Boat drill, regulated according to the opportunities of the service, should always be held.

Had a boat drill been held on board; and, if so, when?

There had been no proper boat drill nor a boat muster.

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