boat drill
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Then, at fire and boat drill, Tomas Montanez was missed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
He carried a rubber ball that he wouldn’t be parted with even for boat drill.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Discipline and boat drill were at a high state of perfection aboard the steamer, and soon, with a warning blast of her whistle, the craft trembled under the power of her reversed engines.
From The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida by Hope, Laura Lee
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