whipcord

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: whip=cord

CIDE DICTIONARY

whipcord, n. 

 A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

whipcord, n.
1 a tightly twisted cord such as is used for making whiplashes.
2 a close-woven worsted fabric.

ROGET THESAURUS

whipcord

Filament

N filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.