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/kɔrk dʒˈækət/ Listen

Cork jacket

noun

Life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design. Synonyms: life jacket, life vest.

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"Cork jacket" Quotes from Famous Books

... Someone threw a cork jacket over the girl's shoulders, and bade her fasten its straps around her waist. She obeyed without a word. Indeed, she seemed to have lost the power of speech. Everything had suddenly assumed such a crystal clear aspect that her eyes were gifted with unnatural vision though ...

— The Stowaway Girl • Louis Tracy

... work to make his moaning wife as comfortable as the terrible circumstances of their plight would permit. He took off his coat and got her into it, binding her cork jacket around. A rope was trailing from the stern and he secured this and tied it round her waist, giving one end to Fraser to hold and keeping tight hold ...

— Swirling Waters • Max Rittenberg

Words linked to "Cork jacket" : flotation device, life preserver, Mae West, air jacket, preserver