kook cord

English

Etymology

See kook (“unskilful boarder”).

Noun

kook cord (plural kook cords)

  1. (surfing, dated) A leg rope.
    • 2000, Ben Marcus, surfline.com
      As recently as 1971, surf leashes were called "kook cords" by a surfing world that grew up thinking that a surfer must pay for his mistakes by swimming.
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