See Also: emergency cord(dictionary)
emergency(dictionary)
Emergency(health)
emergency(dictionary)
Emergency(medicine)
emergency supplies kit(medicine)
Emergency department(health)
emergency medicine(medicine)
Emergency contraception(health)
Emergency fund(finance)

dowable (iou) and emergency cord (oh)


dowable (iou)



dowable adjective. Now rare. LME.
[Anglo-Norman, from Old & mod. French douer endow: see DOWAGER, -ABLE.]
Law. Entitled to dower; able to be endowed.

emergency cord (oh)



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