cordelled

Variant of cordelle

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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