lanyard

UK/ˈlæn.jəd/US/ˈlæn.jɚd/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,201 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: lanyards

A lanyard is the cord that holds an identity card round your neck. Wear a lanyard, a conference lanyard, forgot my lanyard.

Good ones have a breakaway clasp, since a cord round the neck is a real hazard near machinery. The word is nautical in origin and named the short ropes used to fasten rigging aboard ship.

Definitions of lanyard

1nounlanyardThe cord that holds an identity card round your neck.B2+
“All visitors must wear their pass on a lanyard while they are in the building.”

lanyard is a cord.

Where it comes from

French laniere means a strap or thong, reshaped in English under the influence of yard.

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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lanyard in the wild

The diamond knot (or knife lanyard knot) is a knot for forming a decorative loop on the end of a cord such as on a lanyard.
Diamond knot
Some people recommend calling this knot the knife lanyard knot in order to avoid confusion.
Diamond knot
To set up the lanyards used with dead-eyes, a suitable grease such as tallow is first applied to the holes.
Deadeye
After reeving the lanyard through the deadeyes, the end is hooked to a handy purchase in the rig above, such as the throat halyard.
Deadeye
The Chinese button knot is essentially a knife lanyard knot where the lanyard loop is shortened to a minimum, i.e. tightened to the knot itself.
Chinese button knot

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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