English Explanatory Dictionary

Birkenhead drill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Birkenhead drill

Etymology

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

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