Primacord Mil.
(ˈpraɪməkɔːd)
Also primacord.
[f. primer n.2 + cord n.1]
A proprietary name in the U.S. for a type of detonating fuse consisting of a core of high explosive in a textile and plastic sheath.
| 1937 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 23 Feb. 699/2 The Ensign-Bickford Co., Simsbury, Conn... Primacord. For detonating fuse. Claims use since Dec. 11, 1936. 1950 [see cordtex]. 1959 N.Y. Times Mag. 31 May 38/2 One crew has its primacord all set to blow a big obstacle. 1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 27 Feb. 30/1 Police..warned parents..that 1,000 feet of primacord—an explosive detonating cord used to trigger dynamite—had gone missing. |