whipcord
a cotton, woolen, or worsted fabric with a steep, diagonally ribbed surface.
a strong, hard-twisted cord, sometimes used for the lashes of whips.
a cord made from the intestines of animals; catgut.
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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 MitfordI was unused to oaths at that time and they cut me like whipcord, but all the same my pulse was bounding joyfully.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me | Hall CaineCovert—A twill-woven cloth sometimes with full face, sometimes sheared to imitate whipcord.
Textiles and Clothing | Kate Heintz WatsonThe sailors, holding her wrists, could feel the whipcord tension of her muscles.
Cursed | George Allan EnglandA 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
/ (ˈwɪpˌkɔːd) /
a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonally ribbed surface
a closely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whips, etc
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