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Birkenhead drill

Birkenhead drill noun: the concept or practice of taking women and children first in an evacuation or rescue.

Noun

Birkenhead drill

  1. The concept or practice of taking women and children first in an evacuation or rescue.

Origin of Birkenhead drill

Named from HMS Birkenhead, which struck a rock and sank in 1852.

Questions about Birkenhead drill

What does Birkenhead drill mean?
Birkenhead drill means the concept or practice of taking women and children first in an evacuation or rescue.
What part of speech is Birkenhead drill?
Birkenhead drill is a noun.

Words near Birkenhead drill in the dictionary

  1. Birkeland-Eyde process
  2. Birkelands
  3. Birkels
  4. birken
  5. Birkenhead
  6. Birkenhead drill
  7. Birkenshaw
  8. Birkenshaws
  9. Birkenstocked
  10. Birkett
  11. Birketts

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