0 a piece of equipment, usually a ring filled with air or light material that floats, designed to help you float if you fall into water
He is holding a lifebelt so as to frame her rosy face.
I suspect that neither of those lifebelts will keep them afloat.
All seagoing naval personnel are supplied with a personal issue of an inflatable lifebelt.
No one would choose a lifebelt as an ideal means of conveyance across a stormy sea.
I do not want to take the lifeboats or the lifebelts out of these steamers.
It is suggested that sometimes these lifebelts are tampered with and rendered ineffective.
This could be a form of lifebelt for non-productive farmers, who could avoid having to engage in agricultural production and yet receive area payments.
We would not need lifebelts with false trade marks.
