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Definition of Ripcord

1. Noun. A cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend.

2. Noun. A cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent.

Definition of Ripcord

1. Noun. A cord to release a parachute from its sack. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ripcord

1. a cord pulled to release a parachute [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ripcord

rip saws rip tide rip to shreds rip up riparial riparian riparian area riparian buffer riparian forest riparian right

riparian wetland riparians riparious ripazepam ripcord (current term) ripcords ripe ripe(p) ripe cataract ripe olive

ripeck ripecks riped ripely ripen ripen up ripened ripener ripeners

Literary usage of Ripcord

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"None of them had ever worn a parachute before but they were so anxious to go that we showed them how to pull the ripcord and let them jump. ..."

2. The Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, for the Use of by American Railway Association (1906)
".ripcord Make requisition for requisition No. 20. .Ripely Make up your requisition on 21. . Ripen Material on your requisition 22. ..."

3. Submarine Island: A Peter Kent Story by John Gunn (2006)
"Seconds passed, then the pilot parachute sprang from its covering as Paul operated the ripcord. Swiftly the main canopy was dragged clear ..."

4. Vostok Station: Point of Impactby Kerry Plowright by Kerry Plowright (2005)
"As the Wombat fled north over the Southern Ocean, Colonel Brian Hamilton was tumbling through space reaching for his ripcord. The canopy of the MC-5 ram air ..."

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