<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Nautical: a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging</li><li>any of various small cords or ropes for securing or suspending something, as a whistle about the neck or a knife from one's belt</li><li>a cord with a small hook at one end, used in firing certain kinds of cannon</li><li>a colored, single-strand cord worn around the left shoulder by a member of a military unit awarded a foreign decoration</li><li>a white cord worn around the right shoulder, as by a military police officer, and secured to the butt of a pistol</li></ul>