'Life-preserver' definitions:
Definition of 'Life-preserver'
From: GCIDE
- Life-preserver \Life"-pre*serv`er\ (l[imac]f"pr[-e]*z[~e]rv`[~e]r), n. An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. -- {Life"-pre*serv`ing}, a. [1913 Webster]