safety belt

safety belt

noun
2.
a belt or strap worn as a safety precaution by a person working at a great height: The safety belt worn by a window washer is usually secured to each side of the window frame.

Origin:
1855–60
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Safety belt is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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safety belt
 
n
1.  another name for seat belt
2.  a belt or strap worn by a person working at a great height and attached to a fixed object to prevent him from falling

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