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Grammar : Noun
Spell : lan-yerd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæn yərd


Définition of lanyard

Origin :
  • also laniard, alternative spelling (influenced by nautical yard (2) "long beam used to support a sail") of Middle English lainer, "thong for fastening parts of armor or clothing" (late 14c.), from Old French laniere "thong, lash," from lasniere, from lasne "strap, thong," apparently altered (by metathesis and influence of Old French las "lace") from nasliere, from Frankish *nastila or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *nastila- (cf. Old High German, Old Saxon nestila "lace, strap, band," German nestel "string, lace, strap"), from PIE root *ned- "to knot."
  • noun cord
  • noun rope
Example sentences :
  • He was learning to make a lanyard knot with a bit of an old rope.
  • Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
  • Made of brass, gun metal finish, ring at end to attach to lanyard.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • The other end of the slider was twisted into a loop for hooking to the gunner's lanyard.
  • Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
  • No. 3, the man with the tube-pouch, got out his lanyard and hooked it to a primer.
  • Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
  • Now slip the bight of the lanyard over your neck, and follow me.
  • Extract from : « The Voyage of the Aurora » by Harry Collingwood
  • He elevated the muzzle of the gun and drew back the lanyard.
  • Extract from : « Gladiator » by Philip Wylie
  • It would have been too dark up to daylight to see a lanyard.
  • Extract from : « Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 » by Various
  • The fid should always be fastened to the cross-trees or trestle-trees, by a lanyard.
  • Extract from : « The Seaman's Friend » by Richard Henry Dana
  • The gunner pulled the lanyard hard, but the tube did not explode.
  • Extract from : « Pictures of Southern Life » by William Howard Russell
  • Indeed, Lanyard, I think we had better—so heave-to at once, will ye?
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. I of 2) » by Michael Scott

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