life shot
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Life arrow, Life rocket, Life shot
an arrow, rocket, or shot, for carrying an attached line to a vessel in distress in order to save life.
From the entry Life.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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