lifeboat

Etymology

From life + boat.

noun

  1. (nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
    I've got a watch that turns into a lifeboat 1971, Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith (lyrics and music), “Halo of Flies”, in Killer, performed by Alice Cooper
  2. (science fiction) An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.

verb

  1. To rescue; to carry to safety

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