Cord — Defs

01 n. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

1.
A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
2.
A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.
3.
Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.
“The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds.” — Tennyson.
4.
Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.(Anat.) See: Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal
5.
See Chord.(Mus.) [Obs.] See: Chord

Phrases & compounds

Cord wood — wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).

02 v. t. To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.

imp. & p. p. Corded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cording

1.
To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
2.
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.