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lan⋅iard

  [lan-yerd]
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lan⋅yard

  [lan-yerd]
–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.
Also, laniard.

Origin:
1475–85; b. late ME lanyer (< MF laniere, OF lasniere thong, equiv. to lasne noose + -iere, fem of -ier -ier 2 ) and yard 1
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lan·iard   (lān'yərd)   
n.  Variant of lanyard.
lan·yard also lan·iard   (lān'yərd)   
n.  

  1. Nautical A short rope or gasket used for fastening something or securing rigging.

  2. A cord worn around the neck for carrying something, such as a knife or whistle.

  3. A cord with a hook at one end used to fire a cannon.


[Perhaps alteration (influenced by yard1, spar) of Middle English lainere, strap, from Old French laniere, from lasne, perhaps alteration (influenced by las, string) of *nasle, lace, of Germanic origin.]
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Word Origin & History

lanyard 
alternate spelling (influenced by nautical yard (2) "long beam used to support a sail") of M.E. lainer, "thong for fastening parts of armor or clothing" (c.1386), from O.Fr. laniere "thong, lash," from lasniere, from lasne "strap, thong," apparently altered (by metathesis and influence of O.Fr. las "lace") from nasliere, from Frank. *nastila, from P.Gmc. *nastila- (cf. O.H.G. nestila "lace, strap, band," Ger. nestel "string, lace, strap"), from PIE base *ned- "to knot."
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