CORDON Definition & Meaning

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cordon

[kawr-dn]

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a line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area.
a cord or braid worn for ornament or as a fastening.
a ribbon worn usually diagonally across the breast as a badge of a knightly or honorary order.
Fortification.��
1. a projecting course of stones at the base of a parapet.
2. the coping of a scarp.
Architecture.��
1. a stringcourse, especially one having little or no projection.
2. a cut-stone riser on a stepped ramp or the like.
a fruit tree or shrub trained to grow along a support or a series of such supports.

to surround or blockade with or as with a cordon (usually followed byoff ).
The police cordoned off the street.

cordon

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a chain of police, soldiers, ships, etc, stationed around an area
a ribbon worn as insignia of honour or rank
a cord or ribbon worn as an ornament or fastening
Also called: string course.�� belt course.�� table.��architect an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
horticulture a form of fruit tree consisting of a single stem bearing fruiting spurs, produced by cutting back all lateral branches

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Origin of cordon¹

1400–50; Middle English < Middle French, diminutive of corde

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Origin of cordon¹

C16: from Old French, literally: a little cord, from corde string, _cord

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Police cordons have been set up in the area and anyone with information about the incident has been asked to contact investigating officers.

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Starc brought up his half-century with a slash over the slip cordon, but he had earned the right for a stroke of fortune.

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Outside the school, a young man on a bicycle watched as the police allowed security vehicles through the security cordon round the school.

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National Guard forces formed a cordon to keep protesters out of the building in the heart of America's second largest city.

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German investigators left the search area at about 17:15 local time before Portuguese counterparts then removed the outer cordon from the site.

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