whipcord

[ hwip-kawrd, wip- ]

noun
  1. a cotton, woolen, or worsted fabric with a steep, diagonally ribbed surface.

  2. a strong, hard-twisted cord, sometimes used for the lashes of whips.

  1. a cord made from the intestines of animals; catgut.

Origin of whipcord

1
First recorded in 1275–1325, whipcord is from the Middle English word wyppe-cord.See whip, cord

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How to use whipcord in a sentence

  • He was a tall, rather good-looking young fellow, all wire and whipcord, with a chronically whimsical expression.

    A Frontier Mystery | Bertram Mitford
  • I was unused to oaths at that time and they cut me like whipcord, but all the same my pulse was bounding joyfully.

  • Covert—A twill-woven cloth sometimes with full face, sometimes sheared to imitate whipcord.

    Textiles and Clothing | Kate Heintz Watson
  • The sailors, holding her wrists, could feel the whipcord tension of her muscles.

    Cursed | George Allan England
  • A keen, sparely built man made of leather and whipcord, with the Australian's shrewd blue eyes.

    The Mountebank | William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for whipcord

whipcord

/ (ˈwɪpˌkɔːd) /


noun
  1. a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonally ribbed surface

  2. a closely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whips, etc

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