Mae West (Noun)
Meaning 1
An inflatable life jacket.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- When I put on the Mae West I felt safe in the lifeboat.
- The Mae West is designed to turn an unconscious person face up in the water.
- In the old days, sailors used to call their inflatable life jackets Mae Wests.
- The bright orange color of the Mae West made it easy to see people floating in the water.
- Donning a Mae West was standard procedure before abandoning ship.