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life buoy

noun

Etymology

From life + buoy.

  1. derived from *gʷṓws✻ — “cow”
  2. derived from βόεος
  3. derived from boia — “a (leather) collar, band, fetter”
  4. derived from buie — “fetter, chain”
  5. derived from boeye — “shackle, fetter”
  6. inherited from *baukną✻
  7. derived from *baukn✻ — “beacon”
  8. derived from boue — “piece of wood or cork that floats above an anchor to indicate where it is anchored”
  9. derived from boeye — “float, buoy”
  10. inherited from boy
  11. compounded as life buoy — “life + buoy”

Definitions

  1. A buoyant object (most commonly torus-shaped) that is used as a life-saving device by…

    A buoyant object (most commonly torus-shaped) that is used as a life-saving device by keeping a person afloat.

    • At least four approved ring life buoys shall be placed on each manned platform.
    • Also, a life buoy was attached to the fuselage.

  2. Something that rescues one from difficulties.

    • Fearing that he might become permanently sewn into the Air France uniform he put on every morning, Manuel regarded Mario's faith in him as a life buoy.
    • Above all, the Marshall Plan was a life buoy for the then sinking French economy.
    • I but pity him, who, losing me, found the bright stars dimmed, And frantically seized you as a life buoy.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA