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.
Updated February 06, 2017. The province of New Brunswick is one of the ten provinces and three territories that make up Canada. New Brunswick is the largest of the three provinces in the Canadian Maritimes. Origin of the Name New Brunswick: âThe province of New Brunswick was named after the British Royal House of Brunswick.â. See Also: