Meaning

(nautical) A short rope used for fastening rigging, as a handle, etc..

Definitions by Sense

1. (nautical) A short rope used for fastening rigging, as a handle, etc.
2. (by extension) A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.
3. A craft activity done by intricately braiding thin colored plastic lines to make patterns, or the product of such a craft.
4. (by extension, military) A cord with a hook which is secured to an artillery piece, and pulled to fire the weapon.

Example Sentences

"Take ahold here, an' keep ringin' steady," said Dan, passing Harvey the lanyard of a bell that hung just behind the windlass.

Aboard ship he carried his crutch by a lanyard round his neck, to have both hands as free as possible. [...] [H]e would hand himself from one place to another, now using the crutch, now trailing it alongside by the lanyard, as quickly as another man could walk.

It's lanyard. It's a camp tradition. You'll have about a million lanyard key chains by the time the summer is over.

A few lousy days at Camp Minnehaha spent extracting oar splinters from your palms and taking group lanyard lessons under the full noonday sun.

Word Forms

• lanyards
• laniard

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