life-arrow

Noun

historical

(historical) A stick with a line attached that was fired from a musket to a ship that had foundered.

Japanese Meaning

（歴史的）マスケット銃から発射され、遭難した船に結び付けられた救命用の命綱を目的とする棒

そのブリッグが礁に衝突したとき、乗組員は難破しつつある船へ綱付きの発射弾を撃ち、救命索を引き上げられるようにした。

Sense（1）

(historical) A stick with a line attached that was fired from a musket to a ship that had foundered.

Colonel Delvigne, of the French army, invented a life-arrow, to be fired from an ordinary musket.

life-arrows

（ plural ）