CORDON
\kˈɔːdən], \kˈɔːdən], \k_ˈɔː_d_ə_n]\
Definitions of CORDON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.
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The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.
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The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches.
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A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A cord or ribbon bestowed as a badge of honor: (fort.) a row of jutting stones: a line of military posts.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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(F.), Funiculus, diminutive of funis, a cord. A term applied to many parts, which resemble a small cord.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [French] A ribbon borne as a badge of honour; —the edge of a stone on the outside of a building; —a line or series of military posts; —a line of troops posted on the confines of a district infected with disease, to prevent all communication.
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