"safety chain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: safety chains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} safety chain (plural safety chains)
  1. (railways) A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body during a slue.
    Sense id: en-safety_chain-en-noun-ze3EIIm8 Topics: railways, transport
  2. An auxiliary watchchain secured to the clothes, usually out of sight, to prevent stealing of the watch.
    Sense id: en-safety_chain-en-noun-tFNWCMIG
  3. A chain of sheet metal links with an elongated hole through each broad end, made by doubling the first link on itself, slipping the next link through and doubling, and so on.
    Sense id: en-safety_chain-en-noun-lb3odPO- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 31 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 31 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 32 48

Inflected forms

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