dragline

Noun

Meaning

A cable, cord, or rope used to drag an object; specifically, the line of a dragline excavator that drags the bucket.

Short for dragline excavator.

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He had a battered face that looked as if it had been hit by everything but the bucket of a dragline. It was scarred, flattened, thickened, checkered, and welted. It was a face that had nothing to fear. Everything had been done to it that anybody could think of. Raymond Chandler

Some spider silks are really strong, but not all of them are. The ones that are really strong can actually rival steel and approach the tensile strength of Kevlar. Thus far, the dragline silk seems to be the strongest. Cheryl Hayashi

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