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Definition of Lanyards
1. lanyard [n] - See also: lanyard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanyards
Literary usage of Lanyards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"As each pair of shrouds are put over, they should be temporarily set up by the
dead-eyes and lanyards, or by a luff-tackle on each, to prevent their ..."
2. Safety and Health Requirements Manual: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers edited by Robert H. Griffin (1999)
"F BODY BELTS, HARNESSES, lanyards, AND LIFELINES = SELECTION OF COMPONENTS
05.F.01 Personal fall arrest and positioning device systems. ..."
3. Marshall's Practical Marine Gunnery: Containing a View of the Magnitude by George Marshall (1822)
"One day's work for one man to put 25 lanyards to 25 torn-? pions. One day's work
for one man to put 25 beckets without cover to shot racks, One day's work ..."
4. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1908)
"Formerly, this was not so ; for, owing to the use of hemp lanyards, ... The loss
of efficiency due to lanyards is shown clearly by the following ..."
5. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, Brooke Heckstall-Smith (1900)
"17. entirely superseded dead-eyes and lanyards, for the principal reason that
they do not stretch and they are so much more easily set up. ..."
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