WHIPCORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whipcord mean? 

• WHIPCORD (noun)
  The noun WHIPCORD has 2 senses:

1. closely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whips

2. a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib

  Familiarity information: WHIPCORD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHIPCORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Closely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("whipcord" is a kind of...):

cord (a line made of twisted fibers or threads)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("whipcord" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

 Context examples 

The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He is either a foreigner or has lived long in the tropics, for he is yellow and sapless, but tough as whipcord.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The sight of the safe, the saucer of milk, and the loop of whipcord were enough to finally dispel any doubts which may have remained.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)