A component consisting of a flexible line for connection to an anchorage at one end to hang vertically (vertical lifeline), or for connection to anchorages at both ends to stretch horizontally (horizontal lifeline), and which serves as a means for connecting other components of a personal fall arrest system to the anchorage.
Lifeline or Lifelines may refer to:
English
Alternative forms
- life-line, life line
Etymology
From life + line.
Pronunciation
- enPR: līfʹlīn' IPA(key): /ˈlaɪfˌlaɪn/
Noun
lifeline (plural lifelines)
- A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
- (by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis.
- A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
- (engineering) A system or structure of vital importance to a community.
- (nautical)