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Meanings of cork jacket in English

Portuguese
colete salva-vidas
Catalan
armilla salvavides
Wikidata

Life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design.

        colete salva-vidas
        Usage of cork jacket in English
        1
        He sees the coxswain in his cork jacket kneeling over Captain Harry.
        Within the Tides: Tales
        2
        The plank was rent from him, but his cork jacket brought him up.
        Benita, an African romance
        3
        I forgot all about this, said Podington, as he unfastened the cork jacket.
        The Best American Humorous Short Stories
        4
        By May he is ascending at Singapore, armed here, however, with a cork jacket.
        The Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial Navigation
        5
        He took off his coat and got her into it, binding her cork jacket around.
        Swirling Waters
        6
        Each man wore a cork jacket, but in spite of their encumbrances they were marvellously active.
        Stories of Inventors: The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers
        7
        He drew a deep breath, turned back into his stateroom, and put on a cork jacket.
        The Philistines
        8
        A minute later he emerged from his cabin wearing a cork jacket and trousers over his pyjamas.
        Literary Lapses
        9
        The Red Un, quite safe and audacious in his cork jacket, turned over on his back and kicked.
        Love Stories
        10
        Someone threw a cork jacket over the girl's shoulders, and bade her fasten its straps around her waist.
        The Stowaway Girl
        11
        I will ask Newson about the Cork Jacket.
        Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" / "Herring Merchants"
        12
        However, with Bob's help he donned one of the cork jackets, and the boy did likewise.
        Bob the Castaway; Or, The Wreck of the Eagle
        13
        They threw the ballast over and chucked into the water the heavy cork jackets and lifebelts that encumbered their movements.
        Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
        14
        "Will you be so good then as to put on your cork jackets?"
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
        15
        "Well, I guess yer right, captain," answered uncle Isaac in an even tone, as he left the room to overhaul the cork jackets.
        The Tides of Barnegat
        Translations for cork jacket