life belt

See also: lifebelt

English

A life belt

Alternative forms

lifebelt

Noun

life belt (plural life belts)

A buoyant ring carried on board ships that can be thrown to someone in the water in an emergency to keep themselves afloat.

Translations

buoyant ring

Chinese:
Mandarin: 救生帶 (zh), 救生带 (zh) (jiùshēngdài), 救生圈 (zh) (jiùshēngjuān)
Finnish: pelastusrengas (fi)
French: bouée de sauvetage (fr) f
German: Rettungsring (de) m
Hungarian: mentőöv (hu)

Italian: salvagente (it)
Japanese: 浮き輪 (うきわ, ukiwa)
Norman: boule d'sauvetage f (Jersey)
Russian: спаса́тельный круг (ru) m (spasátelʹnyj krug)
Scottish Gaelic: crios-sàbhalaidh m
Spanish: salvavidas (es) m

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