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cordelle

[ kawr-del ]

noun

  1. a heavy rope formerly used for towing boats on rivers in Canada and the U.S.


verb (used with object)

cordelled, cordelling.
  1. to tow (a boat) by means of a cordelle.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cordelle1

1785–95; < French, diminutive of corde cord
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On Dec. 31, 2021, Ms. Hardy and Ms. Parnell were married at the Cordelle, a Victorian home in downtown Nashville.

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The Georgia State Patrol was alerted, and officers found and stopped the bus near Cordelle, Georgia.

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To aid them in these exigencies, the cordelle is employed.

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We then recrossed the river, and, after ascending a distance along the western shore, were repulsed in an attempt, with the cordelle, to pass Garlic Point.

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With much ado, with poles and cordelle, we made but five miles.

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