Breeches Buoy Definition
brĭchĭz, brēchĭz
noun
A device for rescuing people at sea, consisting of a piece of strong canvas with leg holes suspended from a life preserver that is run along a rope from ship to shore or to another ship.
Webster's New World
Also colloqually called: britches buoy or britches boy.--Pete 04:13, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
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