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cordelle

(kôr del′, kôr′del′)

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noun

a towrope, esp. as formerly used on Mississippi flatboats and keelboats

Origin: Fr, dim. of OFr corde, rope: see cord

transitive verb cordelled, cordelling

to tow with or as with a cordelle

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