cork jacket
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Definition
Noun: A sleeveless jacket designed as a life preserver, typically constructed from buoyant cork material or an inflatable structure, intended to keep a person afloat in water.
Usage
This term specifically refers to a type of personal flotation device (PFD). It is used to describe the garment's form (jacket) and its primary functional material or mechanism (cork or inflation for buoyancy). * The sailor donned his cork jacket before going on deck during the storm. * Historical maritime museums often display old-fashioned cork jackets used on steamships.
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in historical or specific technical contexts, as modern life jackets are more commonly made from foam or are inflatable.
- It can be used metaphorically to describe something that provides safety or support in a precarious situation, though this is less common.
- His extensive research served as a cork jacket when critics attacked his theory.
Variants and Related Words
- Life jacket: The more common modern term for a sleeveless buoyancy aid.
- Life preserver: A general term for any device designed to save a person from drowning.
- Buoyancy aid: A technical term for equipment designed to provide flotation.
- Personal Flotation Device (PFD): The formal technical and regulatory term.
Synonyms
Life jacket, life vest, buoyant jacket, flotation jacket.
Related Phrases
- To wear a cork jacket: To be equipped with or using this specific type of life preserver.
- Regulations required all passengers to know where to find a cork jacket.
Notes
- "Cork jacket" is a compound noun. The definition focuses on the complete term as a single concept (a type of life-saving jacket).
- While historically made with cork, the term can encompass inflatable designs that serve the same sleeveless jacket form and function.
Noun
- life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design