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吊り索 (つりさく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

吊つり索さく

Meanings

1

noun

shroud line

Technical term in parachuting and similar fields; refers to the lines connecting the canopy to the harness.

パラシュートの吊つり索さくが絡からまないように注ちゅう意いする。
Be careful not to let the parachute's shroud lines get tangled.

Written forms

吊つり索さく
Standard kanji spelling for this technical term.
つり索さく
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

吊suspend, hang, wear (sword)
索cord, rope, searching

Etymology

Compound of 吊り (tsuri, 'hanging') + 索 (saku, 'rope, cable'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with suspension lines in parachutes.