safety plug
Example Sentences
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A blaze orange safety plug sits at the end of every toy gun manufactured and sold in America.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2014
Just before X minus ten minutes, a man jumped up on the launching platform and pulled the safety plug from between the rocket's fins, and thus closed the control circuits.
From Time Magazine Archive
The engineer running an engine with a safety plug seldom stops for a load of water until he blows out the plug.
From Rough and Tumble Engineering by Maggard, James H.
I would have no objection to the safety plug if the engineer did not know it was there.
From Rough and Tumble Engineering by Maggard, James H.
The boss is made of a fusible alloy that melts at a certain prearranged temperature; it is simply a variation of the common safety plug used in all the systems of mechanical protection against fire.
From The Gates of Chance by Sutphen, Van Tassel
