cordelle
cordelle noun: a twisted cord; a tassel.
Noun
cordelle (plural cordelles)
- A twisted cord; a tassel.
- Big men, bearded and powerful, pushing up stream with the cordelle on their shoulders!1927, John G. Neihardt, The River and I
- Because this old town of St. Louis was then only a village, and we just had bought our unknown country of France, and this town was on the eastern edge of it, the gate of it--the gate to the West, it used to be, before steam came, while everything went by keel boat; oar or paddle and pole and sail...1922, Emerson Hough, The Young Alaskans on the Missouri
Examples of cordelle in a sentence
- With only now and then the cordelle, and still more rarely the oars, they moved all day across the lands and waters that were once the fastnesses of the Baratarian pirates.1901, George Washington Cable, Bonaventure:
- The former is much in the shape of a canal boat, long, slim-built, sharp at each end, and propelled by setting poles and the cordelle or long rope.1836, J. M. Peck, A New Guide for Emigrants to the West:
Forms of cordelle
| plural | cordelles |
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Origin of cordelle
From French, diminutive of corde (“cord”).
Questions about cordelle
- What does cordelle mean?
- Cordelle means a twisted cord; a tassel.
- How do you use cordelle in a sentence?
- With only now and then the cordelle, and still more rarely the oars, they moved all day across the lands and waters that were once the fastnesses of the Baratarian pirates.
- What part of speech is cordelle?
- Cordelle is a noun.
- What is the plural of cordelle?
- The plural of cordelle is cordelles.
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