safety straps

plural noun

: a harness affixed to the seat of a vehicle and passed over the shoulders or legs

especially : one used in an airplane in addition to a safety belt to provide more widely distributed restraint of the body in moments of rapid acceleration or deceleration

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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