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lap sash seatbelt en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (Australia, UK) 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.
   • 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. 2004, Carol Fallows, Shayne Collier, Commonsense Guide for Australian Parents, page 23:
   • Bruce pushed the ultralight out of the hangar; I climbed in and fastened the lap-sash seatbelt. 2012, S Bailey, J Bailey, Head Over Heels: A Story Of Tragedy, Triumph and Romance in the Australian Bush, unnumbered page:
   • 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. 1994, Frank Oberklaid, Leah Kaminsky, Your Child's Health, page 457:
   • 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. 2007, Stuart Crisp, Jo Rainbow, Emergencies in Paediatrics and Neonatology, Oxford University Press, page 106:
   • […]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. 1976, International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, Medical & Biological Engineering, volume 14, page 263:

Forms

Relateds

lap belt · three-point restraint system

Synonyms

sash belt

Translations (1)

fi kolmipisteturvavyö (type of seatbelt)