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Life preserver or life-preserver may refer to: a life preserver is a piece of equipment designed to assist a wearer in keeping afloat; also referred to as a lifejacket, life preserver, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid, or flotation suit Lifebuoy, a ring-shaped flotation device; A kind of club
Personal flotation devices being worn on a navy transport . A personal flotation device (PFD; also referred to as a life jacket, life preserver, life belt, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid or flotation suit) is a flotation device in the form of a vest or suit that is worn by a user to prevent the wearer from drowning in a body of water.
life preserver a type of weapon for self-defence (US: blackjack) life vest, personal flotation device (UK: lifebelt or lifejacket) lift (n.) platform or cage moved vertically in a shaft to transport people and goods to various floors in a building (US: elevator) ride as a passenger in a vehicle (as in, to give someone a lift)
Preserver can refer to: Life preserver, a personal flotation device or lifebuoy; Life preserver, a type of club (weapon) HMCS Preserver, a Canadian navy ship HMCS Preserver (AOR 510), Protecteur-class supply ship; HMCS Preserver (1941), leadship of the Fairmile-support depot ships; USS Preserver (ARS-8), a U.S. navy ship
Lifebuoy with emergency light on a cruise ship A lifebuoy floating on water. A lifebuoy or life ring, among many other names (see § Other names), is a life-saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in water to provide buoyancy and prevent drowning. [1]
Napoleon Guerin was an American inventor who obtained a U.S. patent for the first life preserver made of cork on November 16, 1841. [1] It was constructed in jacket form, with two layers of material between which the cork could be inserted.
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
Self-preservation urges animals to collect energy and resources required to prolong life as well as resources that increase chances of survival. Basic needs are available to most humans (roughly 7 out of 8 people), [11] and usually rather cheaply. The instinct that drives humans to gather resources now drives them to over-consumption or to ...