ripcord
(noun) a cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent
ripcord
(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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ripcord (plural ripcords)
A cord to release a parachute from its sack.
Source: Wiktionary
28 June 2024
(noun) (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
