Associations to the word «Lifeboat»

Wiktionary

LIFEBOAT, noun. A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.

Dictionary definition

LIFEBOAT, noun. A strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats