Cordtexn.
/ˈkɔːdtɛks/ Military.
The proprietary trade name of a type of detonating fuse consisting of a core of high explosive in a textile and plastic covering.
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1935 Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Feb. 189/2 Cordtex. Explosive fuses. Nobel's Explosives Company Limited.
1950 Chambers's Encycl. V. 538/1 Cordtex or Primacord..have in place of blackpowder a considerably thicker core of a sensitive detonating explosive PETN (pentaerythritol tetranitrate).
1966 D. Holbrook Flesh Wounds 95 The intake chimneys and sealing tapes round the guns were blown away by lashings of an explosive cable called Cordtex.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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