kook cord
English
Etymology
See kook (“unskilful boarder”).
Noun
kook cord (plural kook cords)
- (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.
- 2000, Ben Marcus, surfline.com