He held on as a mighty tug tried to free the whipcord.

It was supposed to be the standard one, 9 three foot tails of whipcord.

He works out three times a week and looks as fit as whipcord.

This word usage derives from using whipcord to tie things together.

The man's body looked like knotted whipcord on a dried skeleton.

I never knew what his age was, any more than he did himself, but the years had left him tough as whipcord and absolutely untiring.

Whipcord is the name for either a fabric or a form of braided cord.

In the latter case, whipcord is an alternative to duck, which has a different weave.

He had a lovely body, perfectly proportioned and slim like whipcord.

After I go up and close the trap, do you creep along by the whipcord to where the nail is driven in.

He wore a brown robe of simple material, a whipcord belt around the waist.

She was wearing a white blouse, open at the neck, and cream whipcord slacks.

The long sinews down the inside of her thighs were drawn tight as whipcord.

The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord.

He rubbed the muscles, feeling the whipcord tension there.

In practice, marketing considerations, rather than technical details, determine when the specific term whipcord is used.

He was a slender, handsome man, with whipcord muscles.

Storm looked so smooth and fragile, yet he knew she had the strength of braided whipcord.

A tall, thin man in khaki whipcord stood beside the Cadillac, looking at it.

Whipcord was very common; however linen, hemp, and sinew were used as well.

He'd always been lean-but now he was whipcord and bone and nothing else.

She's a lady, Laurie, but down inside of her she's tough as whipcord.

The mixture of whipcord and softness he felt beneath her robe stirred his blood.

A strange man in a brown robe, tied with a whipcord belt, walked along the roadway.

He came back with a pot-bellied man in a brown whipcord suit and a matching flat cap.