life car
noun
a watertight container used in marine rescue operations, suspended from a hawser and hauled back and forth between a stranded or wrecked vessel and the shore.
Origin of life car
1An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
- Also called ark, safety car.
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How to use life car in a sentence
There were three more brought ashore by the buoy, and then the keeper ordered the life–car forward.
Fighting the Sea | Edward A. RandAmong the arrivals by the life-car was the skipper of the “White Shield,” and there was also a man wrapped in a cloak.
The Knights of the White Shield | Edward A. RandThat life-car, sir, was invented by Captain Douglass Ottinger, and this is the first one ever used.
We will put on the life–car soon as we get some of the crew ashore.
Fighting the Sea | Edward A. RandDuring the interim of waiting, the life–car was also brought from the station.
Fighting the Sea | Edward A. Rand
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