lifeboat n : a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship

English

Etymology

From life + boat.

Pronunciation

Noun

1. a boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.

Synonyms

• quarter boat
• rowboat
• scull
• raft

Translations

Lifeboat may refer to:

• Lifeboat (shipboard), a small craft aboard a ship to allow for emergency escape
• Lifeboat (rescue), a boat designed for sea rescues (predominantly used in the United Kingdom and Ireland)
• Lifeboat (film), a 1944 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• "Lifeboat" (Stargate SG-1), a television episode
• Lifeboat ethic, an ethic proposed by Garret Hardin based on the metaphor of a lifeboat
• Lifeboat sketch, a sketch shown on Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution a charity whose aim is to save lives at sea around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland

See also

• Motor life boat

Mae West, air-sea rescue, bolt-hole, breeches buoy, buoy, coast guard, cork jacket, ejection capsule, ejection seat, ejector seat, emergency exit, escape hatch, fire escape, inflatable slide, life belt, life buoy, life jacket, life net, life preserver, life raft, life ring, life vest, lifeguard, lifeline, lifesaver, parachute, rescuer, rubber dinghy, safety belt, sally port, savior, slide, water wings