cordeau

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French cordeau

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cordeau (countable and uncountable, plural cordeaux)

  1. (archaic) A detonating cord.
    • 1960, Basil Timothy Fedoroff, Encyclopedia of Explosives and Related Items, volume 3, page 312:
      The middle section of cordeau is attached (by means of a string) to a narrow lead plate, []

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Mid-16th century, from Old French cordel, from corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɔʁ.do/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

cordeau m (plural cordeaux)

  1. (usually thin or small) rope, string (used to mark a straight line)
  2. cord (long length of twisted strands of fibre)
  3. straight line
    Aligner une muraille au cordeau.
    To align a wall along a straight line.
  4. (fishing) line, fishing line
  5. (mining) fuse (cord that conveys fire to an explosive device)

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cordeau

  1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of cordi