static line

noun Military.

a line attached to a parachute pack and to a cable in an aircraft for the purpose of automatically opening the parachute after it is dropped.

Origin:
1925–30

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static line

—n
	a line attaching the pack of a parachute to an aircraft, so that the parachute is opened when it has fallen clear of the aircraft

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