He was in a shipwreck, and as the ship was going down he snatched a lifebelt from a woman passenger and put it on himself.

In case you don't know, a topi is a sun-hat, a white thing, large and saucer-like, lined with green, with cork about it somewhere, rather suggestive of a lifebelt; horribly unbecoming but quite necessary.

The little girls have no such lifebelts.

Sharp, for she won't last more'n a couple of minutes.' As he spoke, he flung Ken one of the life-saving waistcoats which are now used instead of the old-fashioned lifebelts.

Then, with hardly a sound, the fine ship slid slowly downwards, and a minute later there was no sign of her except a great eddy in which swung a tangled mass of timber, lifebelts, canvas chairs, and all sorts of floating objects from the decks.

We had come to regard her as one of the crew, and had a little lifebelt made for her in case of need.

The skipper, watching uneasily, stood by with a lifebelt.