daisy chains

Noun

daisy chain (plural daisy chains)

1. A garland to be worn on the head, made (usually as a pastime) by sewing or otherwise linking the stems of the flowers of daisies (Bellis perennis) into a ring.
2. (broadly) A thing resembling a daisy chain (noun sense 1) in having several elements connected together, often in a circle.
   • And, for her father, it seemed as if it were a home-like, comfortable thought to him, that her mother had one of her children with her. He called her [his deceased daughter] the first link of his Daisy Chain drawn up out of sight; […]1856, [Charlotte Mary Yonge], chapter XXV, in The Daisy Chain; or, Aspirations. A Family Chronicle. […], London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, part II, page 641
   1. (broadly, backpacking) A small strip of webbing with multiple loops, which allows a backpacker to secure several objects to the exterior of a backpack.
   2. (broadly) A group of dealers who buy and sell a commodity (originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) among themselves in order to artificially increase its price before it is sold to a party outside the group.
   3. (broadly) A ladder consisting of loops of nylon tape connected together which are used as footholds.
   4. (broadly) A large nylon loop sewn together at intervals along the midlength, used to decelerate a falling free climber.

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