救きゅう命めい艇てい

noun

lifeboat

A boat carried on a ship for use in emergency, or a boat used for rescuing people at sea.

• 船ふねが沈しずみ始はじめたので、乗じょう客きゃくは救きゅう命めい艇ていに乗のり移うつった。

  As the ship began to sink, the passengers transferred to the lifeboats.