A retractable leash is not so much a leash as it is a length of thin cord wound around a spring - loaded device housed inside a plastic handle. (healthypets.mercola.com)
A frame held many strands of thin cord vertically, with a design partially formed from the material woven horizontally across them. (bookbrowse.com)
Kusama's immersive environments, which use mirrors and twinkling lights dangling from thin cords, have been a hit on both sides of the Urals. (artnews.com)