| CORDAGES | • cordages n. Plural of cordage. • CORDAGE n. ropes in the rigging of a ship. |
| CORDELLE | • cordelle n. A twisted cord; a tassel. • CORDELLE v. (French) to use a tow rope to tow a boat. |
| CORDIALS | • cordials n. Plural of cordial. • CORDIAL n. a medicine, food, or drink to stimulate the circulation and invigorate. |
| CORDINER | • cordiner n. (Obsolete) A shoemaker. • CORDINER n. (archaic) a shoemaker, also CORDWAINER. |
| CORDINGS | • cordings n. Plural of cording. • CORDING n. the ribbed surface of cloth. |
| CORDITES | • cordites n. Plural of cordite. • CORDITE n. a smokeless explosive used in guns, made from guncotton, nitroglycerine, and petroleum jelly. |
| CORDLESS | • cordless adj. Having no cord; especially using batteries instead of mains electricity. • cordless n. Clipping of cordless telephone. • CORDLESS adj. without a cord. |
| CORDLIKE | • cordlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a cord. • CORDLIKE adj. like a cord. |
| CORDOBAS | • cordobas n. Plural of cordoba. • CORDOBA n. (Spanish) a monetary unit of Nicaragua. |
| CORDONED | • cordoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of cordon. • CORDON v. to form a barrier around. |
| CORDOVAN | • cordovan n. A leather from Córdoba originally of tanned goatskin later of horsehide. • cordovan n. A shoe made from cordovan leather. • cordovan adj. Oxblood (the color). |
| CORDUROY | • corduroy n. A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs. • corduroy n. (Obsolete, Ireland, slang) Cheap and poor-quality whiskey. • corduroy n. A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding… |
| CORDWAIN | • cordwain n. A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide. • CORDWAIN n. a fine goatskin leather, also CORDOVAN. |
| CORDWOOD | • cordwood n. Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords. • cordwood n. Split and cut wood as an economic commodity. • CORDWOOD n. a wood used for fuel. |