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boat drill

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noun

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

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On the first day at sea, Captain Mathios Zarbis, 53, ordered the only boat drill held during the cruise.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You had better listen to this boat drill," Captain Otto Thoresen cautioned passengers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, at fire and boat drill, Tomas Montanez was missed.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

And you will be expected to see that these first class men are most thoroughly grounded in the boat drill.

From Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

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