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Definition of Cordon

1. Noun. A series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing.

2. Noun. Cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank.

3. Noun. Adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord.

Definition of Cordon

1. n. 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.

Definition of Cordon

1. Noun. (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. ¹

2. Noun. A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. ¹

3. Noun. (cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully. ¹

4. Noun. (botany) A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support. ¹

5. Verb. (context: with "off") To form a '''cordon''' around an area in order to prevent movement in or out. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cordon

1. to form a barrier around [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordon

cordis cordite cordites corditis cordless cordless phone cordless phones cordless telephone cordless telephones cordlesses

cordlessly cordlessness cordlike cordobas cordocentesis cordon (current term) cordon bleu cordon off cordon sanitaire cordoned

cordoned off cordoning cordoning off cordonnet cordonnets cordons cordons off cordons sanitaires cordopexy cordotomies

Literary usage of Cordon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"... diminutive of /unit, 'a cord.' A term applied to many parts, which resemble a email cord. cordon N ER VEUX, ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"No person was allowed to pass this cordon until after ten days' detention at some one of the quarantine stations (represented by flags upon the accompanying ..."

3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"There are Five Disruptions of that grand cordon (February-April) ... And, on the whole, that immense Austrian-French cordon, which goes from the Carpathians ..."

4. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"There are Five Disruptions of that grand cordon (February—April); ... And, on the whole, that immense Austrian-French cordon, which goes from the ..."

5. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"There are Five Disruptions of that grand cordon (February—April) ... And, on the whole, that immense Austrian-French cordon, which goes from the Carpathians ..."

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