See Also: emergency cord(dictionary)
Shrove(dictionary)
Shrove-(dictionary)
shrove(medicine)
Shrove Tuesday(dictionary)
emergency(dictionary)
Emergency(health)
Emergency(medicine)
emergency(dictionary)
Emergency contraception(health)

Shrove Tuesday (oh) and emergency cord (oh)


Shrove Tuesday (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Shrove from shrive (of a Christian priest) 'to hear and forgive someone's sins' (11-21 centuries), from Old English scrifan; SHRIFT]
the day before the first day of the Christian period of Lent, when people in Britain traditionally eat pancake s

emergency cord (oh)



n [C] AmE
a chain that a passenger pulls to stop a train in an emergency
British Equivalent: communication cord