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Meanings of life belt in English

Catalan
salvavides
Wikidata

A floating device designed to be thrown to a person in the water, to provide buoyancy, to prevent drowning.

salvavides
Portuguese
cinto
Catalan
cinturó salvavides

Belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt.

cinto
Synonyms
Examples for "safety belt"
Examples for "safety belt"
1
Pete's left hand drifted down to the latch on the safety belt.
Rain gods
2
He unstrapped her safety belt and lifted her out of the cockpit.
In Apple-Blossom Time: A Fairy-Tale to Date
3
Score another one for the culture of day-glo safety belt enforcement!
Wired
4
Reaching for the safety belt, she frowned and smiled at the same time.
Fire With Fire
5
James felt the safety belt pinch his middle as inertia threw him forward.
James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
1
Jane pulled the safety harness down across her chest and lap.
In the Dark
2
The twain lowered a safety harness and pulled him up into the air.
The Long War
3
It involved him jumping between two buildings with the assistance of a safety harness.
The Guardian
4
They tied her safety harness to theirs with a rope and led her down.
No way down: life and death on k2
5
Jack finally had an instant's breathing room to fasten the safety harness seat belt.
Death angel
Usage of life belt in English
1
A life belt is hurled from a great height, falls slowly, slowly.
The Irish Times
2
Dr. Malone felt like a drowning sailor being thrown a life belt.
The subtle knife
3
He was supported by a life belt carelessly strapped around him.
Shelled by an Unseen Foe
4
I'm pretty good at it, and we'll have a life belt.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
5
So picking up the two cats and a life belt, she hurried on deck.
Nelka / Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biograph...
6
By the time Barclay sees you've got a life belt it'll be too late.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
7
Someone managed to throw her a life belt but it failed to reach her.
The Irish Times
8
She lost the life belt when she went overboard and didn't expect to reach shore.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
9
Larson writes about one passenger, Dwight Harris, who brought his own custom made life belt.
Radio NZ
10
I see a fellow just as you described, only he's not wearing a life belt.
Boy Scouts in Southern Waters; Or, Spaniard's Treasure Chest
11
The life belt was cumbersome and very little help.
A duty to the dead
12
There's the life belt, on top of the icebox.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
13
But we had to have a life belt.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
14
In another five minutes I knew it was all over, as far as the life belt was concerned.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
15
Still dazed, I stumbled through the nearest sea door and went toward my cabin for my life belt.
A duty to the dead
16
You had on a life belt.
Dave Darrin After the Mine Layers; Or, Hitting the Enemy a Hard ...
Translations for life belt