Lanyard

·noun A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube.

II. Lanyard ·noun A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; ·esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, ·etc.