laniard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon
noun a cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle
noun (nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships

We hauled off the laniard of the whipstaff, and helped the man at the helm. — Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World, Jonathan Swift
We hauled off upon the laniard of the whip-staff, and helped the man at the helm. — Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, Jonathan Swift
There was nothing in it, to be sure, that answered to my own case, yet it interested me mightily as an honest unvarnished narrative of sea perils; and I see myself now in fancy reading it, the lanthorn hanging by a laniard close beside my head, the book in one hand, my pipe in the other, the furnace roaring pleasantly, my feet close to it, and the atmosphere of the oven fragrant with the punch that I put there to prevent it from freezing. — The Frozen Pirate, William Clark Russell

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