safety fuse

noun

a slow-burning fuse for igniting detonators from a distance
an electrical fuse that protects a circuit from overloading

Words nearby safety fuse

safety chain, safety circuit, safety curtain, safety factor, safety film, safety fuse, safety fuze, safety glass, safety hook, safety in numbers, there's, safety island

Example sentences from the Web for safety fuse

  • He did not know that we had already worked out the safety-fuse, and that every group of lights was thus protected independently.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions |Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin