LIFELINE
- line, fired across a ship or boat, by means of which a hawser for a breeches buoy may be hauled aboard
- line or rope for saving life, as one attached to a lifeboat
- any of various lines running above the decks, spars, etc., of a ship or boat to give sailors something to grasp when there is danger of falling or being washed away
- a rope used to aid a person in distress [n LIFELINES]
- a rope used for life-saving [n -S]