safety belt

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noun
  1. a belt or strap worn as a safety precaution by a person working at a great height: The safety belt worn by a window washer is usually secured to each side of the window frame.

Origin of safety belt

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First recorded in 1855–60

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How to use safety belt in a sentence

  • Feeling his safety belt loosen, the young pilot dug in his toes and stayed with the ship.

    Riddle of the Storm | Roy J. Snell
  • And ten days later he rode a 'copter into town, his money-belt strapped beneath his safety-belt.

    This Crowded Earth | Robert Bloch
  • Elshawe tried to move and found that he was tied to the seat and strapped in with a safety belt.

    By Proxy | Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for safety belt

safety belt

noun
  1. another name for seat belt

  2. a belt or strap worn by a person working at a great height and attached to a fixed object to prevent him from falling

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