What is "lifejacket"

Usage examples of "lifejacket".

She turned and saw a man in a lifejacket a few yards away, bouncing around in the surf.

She thought she might find a kitchen knife in one of the drawers of the galley, something that would intimidate Drew long enough for her to snatch a lifejacket and make a jump for freedom.

Craig had made up with the batteries and globes scavenged from the lifejackets, firewood and fur blankets to warm Craig after each dive, and provisions to avoid the necessity of climbing back to the upper cavern for meals.

But instead of putting on a lifejacket and holding up blow--tube whistle etcetera, she quickly lifted the loose black djellabah that was her only garment and stood before them stark naked, so that they could all see the arsenal of her body, the grenades like extra breasts nestling in her cleavage, the gelignite taped around her thighs, just the way it had been in Chamcha's dream.

And a crush of passengers was all around her, jammed onto the stairs, dressed in dinner jackets and dressing gowns and lifejackets.