Definitions for lanyards

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lanyards lan·yard

Spelling: [lan-yerd]

IPA: /ˈlæn yərd/

Lanyards is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in lanyards (aadlnrsy).

Definitions for lanyards

noun

1. Nautical. a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
2. any of various small cords or ropes for securing or suspending something, as a whistle about the neck or a knife from one's belt.
3. a cord with a small hook at one end, used in firing certain kinds of cannon.
4. a colored, single-strand cord worn around the left shoulder by a member of a military unit awarded a foreign decoration.
5. a white cord worn around the right shoulder, as by a military police officer, and secured to the butt of a pistol.

Origin of lanyards

1475-85; blend of late Middle English lanyer (Middle French laniere, Old French lasniere thong, equivalent to lasne noose + -iere, feminine of -ier -ier²) a

Examples for lanyards

The other end of the slider was twisted into a loop for hooking to the gunner's lanyard.

The fid should always be fastened to the cross-trees or trestle-trees, by a lanyard.

He elevated the muzzle of the gun and drew back the lanyard.

An identification tag dangling from a lanyard around his neck was tucked discreetly into a breast pocket.

The gunner pulled the lanyard hard, but the tube did not explode.

Made of brass, gun metal finish, ring at end to attach to lanyard.

Now slip the bight of the lanyard over your neck, and follow me.

No. 3, the man with the tube-pouch, got out his lanyard and hooked it to a primer.

He was learning to make a lanyard knot with a bit of an old rope.

It would have been too dark up to daylight to see a lanyard.