lanyard
Meaning of lanyard
noun
a rope used to secure or raise and lower something such as the shrouds and sails of a sailing ship or a flag on a flagpole.
late Middle English lanyer, in the general sense ‘a short length of rope for securing something’, from Old French laniere . The change in the ending in the 17th century was due to association with yard1.
Information about lanyard
- It is a name.
- The plural form of lanyard is: lanyards.
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Hyphenation of lanyard
lan-yard
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- lanyard is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
lanyard synonyms
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Anagrams of lanyard
Words that rhyme with lanyard
Yard, yard, Bayard, Layard, bayard, cavayard, spayard, byard, Ledyard, Rudyard, feedyard, landyard, woodyard, aleyard, beeyard, boneyard, envineyard, foreyard, graveyard, kaleyard, meteyard, mooseyard, saleyard, slateyard, stoneyard, tileyard, vineyard, wasteyard, weyard, wineyard, dungyard, hogyard, pigyard, bleachyard, churchyard, fishyard, switchyard, backyard, brickyard, dockyard, jackyard, junkyard, kirkyard, rickyard, stackyard, stockyard, workyard, coalyard, halyard, haulyard