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octopus strap(s)

Bonjour à tous,

Would you use sangles élastiques to talk about the elastic (material-covered) straps that hook onto your roof-rack to help secure a smaller type of load?

Thanks in advance

Cora Lynn
I'm replying to my own thread! I've just spoken to a francophone in my workplace - he said they're called 'des tendeurs' - which checks nicely with the dictionary. Possibly didn't know what else to call them. In Australia (probably uniquely), they're called "octopus straps" or "ocky straps".
I believe octopus straps are what we call bungee cords/bungee straps/bungees in AE.
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bungee cord n (elasticated rope) tendeur nm
I always keep bungee cords in the car for tying down extra cargo.
J'ai utilisé des tendeurs pour fixer mon vélo sur le toit de la voiture.
Un tendeur pieuvre (à huit ou six branches, en général), ou une pieuvre, si le contexte est clair.
Un tendeur pieuvre (à huit ou six branches, en général), ou une pieuvre, si le contexte est clair.

Thanks to who answered - excuse my tardy reply, please.

Mauricet, now that I think about it, the simple, 'single-branch' strap that I'm thinking of seems to be referred to as an octopus strap, but your definition with the multiple 'branches' would suggest the marine creature (after which the device is named) more accurately.
So are there elasticised straps that have a kind of 'noyau central' with 6-8 straps radiating from it?

Je devrais peut-être jeter un coup d'oeil sur une image Google (tendeur pieuvre).

merci encore à tous
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