life float


noun
  1. a ring-shaped float of balsa wood or metal tubing, having a grating or network at the center, for rescuing a number of survivors from a foundered vessel.

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How to use life float in a sentence

  • On the stream of life float the bodies of the careless and intemperate, as the carcasses of the dead on the waves of the Tigris.

    The Blossoms of Morality | Richard Johnson