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cordelle definition
☆ cor·delle (kôr del′, kôr′del′)
noun
a towrope, esp. as formerly used on Mississippi flatboats and keelboats
Etymology: Fr, dim. of OFr corde, rope: see cord
transitive verb cordelled -·delled′, cordelling -·dell′·ing
to tow with or as with a cordelle
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