First Known Use: 15th century
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1cordon
noun cor·don \ˈkȯr-dən, -ˌdän\
: a line of people or objects that are placed around or in front of a person or place to keep people away
Full Definition of CORDON
1
a : an ornamental cord or ribbon b : stringcourse
2
a : a line of troops or of military posts enclosing an area to prevent passage b : a line of persons or objects around a person or place <a cordon of police>
3
: an espalier especially of a fruit tree trained as a single horizontal shoot or two diverging horizontal shoots in a single line
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Origin of CORDON
French, diminutive of corde cord
Rhymes with CORDON
2cordon
verb
Definition of CORDON
transitive verb
: to form a protective or restrictive cordon around —usually used with off <police cordoned off the area around the crime scene>
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First Known Use of CORDON
1561
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