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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency [syn: life raft, Carling float]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1819 a raft usually made of wood or an inflatable material and designed for use by people forced into the water

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also life-raft(life rafts) A life raft is a small rubber boat carried on an aircraft or large boat which can be filled with air and used in an emergency. N-COUNT