a line, fired across a ship or boat, by means of which a hawser for a breeches buoy may be hauled aboard. a line or rope for saving life, as one attached to a lifeboat.
What does Brunswick mean? Brunswick [brunswick] as a boys' name is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Brunswick is Bruno's village. Comes from the German word Braunschweig. It was an independent state in pre-unification Germany.
BARCLAY m Scottish, English (Rare). From a Scottish surname which was likely derived from the English place name Berkeley, meaning birch wood in Old English. BARNABAS m German, English (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek. Greek form of an Aramaic name ...rom the name Bricius, which was probably a Latinized form of a Gaulish name meaning speckled ... [more]. BRIDGER m English (Modern). From an English surname which originally indicated a person who lived near or worked on a bridge.