Possible Clues:

• Cord -- some covered in grease
• Raised beam held by secure rope
• ID badge holder
• Ship’s rope in dock holding beam up
• Cord that might hold a convention badge
• Piece of rope left on an overturned cart
• Length, an imperial measure, for cord round neck
• Summer camp project
• Stuff covering some rope
• Neck cord to which a security badge is often attached