Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lap sash seatbelt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: lap sash seat-belt
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of seatbelt which goes across the pelvis and then up and diagonally across the body; the conventional type found in most cars today.

Australian usage; British usage

Example Sentences

"[…]automobile accidents in which a casualty occurred in Victoria (Australia) during 1973 and 1974, Nelson (1974) has stated that from a clinical point of view the current lap-sash seatbelt-head configuration is not reducing the incidence of whiplash injuries to a significant extent."
"From 4 years to about 11 years, a booster seat, initially with a harness (until about 6 years) and then with an adult lap/sash seatbelt, offers the safest option for car travel."
"Once your child doesn′t fit into a child car restraint at around four years of age, a booster seat can be used with an adult lap/sash seatbelt."
"A precise description of mechanism of injury can guide the examination, eg flexion/extension injury over lap sash seatbelt is associated with small bowel injury and lumbar vertebral fractures."
"Bruce pushed the ultralight out of the hangar; I climbed in and fastened the lap-sash seatbelt."

Etymology

From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + sash (“length of cloth worn over the shoulder”) + seatbelt (“restraining belt”).

Usage

Australian usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

lap sash seatbelts (plural) lap/sash seatbelt (alternative) lap-sash seatbelt (alternative)

Phrases

lap belt three-point restraint system

Frequently Paired Words

lap belt three-point restraint system

Synonyms

sash belt

Questions

What does lap sash seatbelt mean?: A type of seatbelt which goes across the pelvis and then up and diagonally across the body; the conventional type found in most cars today.
Where does lap sash seatbelt come from?: From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + sash (“length of cloth worn over the shoulder”) + seatbelt (“restraining belt”).

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