English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
A four-color lanyard
(sense 3 ) with a helical pattern.
From Late Middle English lainer , lainere , lanyer ( “ strap or thong used to fasten armour, shields, clothing, etc. ” ) [ and other forms ] [1] (with the ending modified in the 17th century under the influence of yard ),[2] from Old French laniere , lasniere ( “ thong, lash ” ) (modern French lanière ( “ lanyard, strap; (by extension ) a strip ” ) ),[3] from lasne ( “ strap, thong; noose; snare ” ) , a metathetic alteration of nasle , nasliere ( “ strap, thong ” ) , influenced by lane ( “ wool ” ) , las ( “ lace of a boot, shoe, etc. ” ) , or laz ( “ snare, trap; pitfall ” ) ; nasliere is derived from Old Dutch *nastila ( “ headband; tie ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *nastilu ( “ strap; thread; tie ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *ned- ( “ to tie together ” ) . The English word is cognate with Old High German nestila ( “ band, headband; strap ” ) (modern German Nestel ( “ lace; strap; string ” ) ), Old Norse nesta ( “ brace; fastener, strap ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
lanyard (plural lanyards )
( nautical ) A short rope used for fastening rigging , as a handle , etc.
1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling , chapter III, in “Captains Courageous ” , Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company , published 1897 , →OCLC , pages 101–102 :"Take ahold here, an' keep ringin' steady," said Dan, passing Harvey the lanyard of a bell that hung just behind the windlass.
( 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 .
1881–1882 , Robert Louis Stevenson , “The Voyage”, in Treasure Island , London, Paris: Cassell & Company , published 14 November 1883, →OCLC , part II (The Sea Cook), pages 79–80 :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.
A craft activity done by intricately braiding thin colored plastic lines to make patterns, or the product of such a craft.
2006 07 , Melissa J. Morgan, Natalie's Secret , ABDO, →ISBN , page 48 :It's lanyard . It's a camp tradition. You'll have about a million lanyard key chains by the time the summer is over.
2008 , Natalie Angier, The Canon , page 58 :A few lousy days at Camp Minnehaha spent extracting oar splinters from your palms and taking group lanyard lessons under the full noonday sun.
( by extension, military ) A cord with a hook which is secured to an artillery piece , and pulled to fire the weapon .
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Translations [ edit ]
short rope used for fastening rigging, etc.
cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried
cord with a hook secured to an artillery piece, and pulled to fire the weapon
References [ edit ]
^ “lainer(e, n. ”, in MED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan , 2007 .
^ “lanyard, n. ”, in Lexico , Dictionary.com ; Oxford University Press , 2019–2022 .
^ “lanyard, n. ”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press , 1901 .
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