cordelle
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of cordelle
1785–95; < French, diminutive of corde cord
Example Sentences
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The former is much in the shape of a canal boat, long, slim-built, sharp at each end, and propelled by setting poles and the cordelle or long rope.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason
Farther up the stream she thought she could discern the party in the yawl, striving to reach shore with the cumbersome cordelle.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry
In return they shipped molasses, sugar, coffee, lead, and hides upon the few keel boats which crept upstream or the blundering barges which were propelled northward by means of oar, sail, and cordelle.
From The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway by Hulbert, Archer Butler
It’s because the shores were more open, so they could use the cordelle!
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Hough, Emerson
They made good time, but it was mostly cordelle work.
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Hough, Emerson
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