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 [1]

     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.