| safety net | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a net used in a circus to catch high-wire and trapeze artistes if they fall |
| 2. | any means of protection from hardship or loss, such as insurance |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |