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.
Dabney /dab-ney/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Dabney) is of Old French origin, and the meaning of Dabney is from Aubigny. An old Virginia name, linked with a 1649 immigrant to the New World named Cornelius d'Aubigney.