GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition

1.       
   Cordon (kôrˈdŏn; F. kôrˌdôNˈ), n. [F., fr. corde. See Cord.]
   1. A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   2. The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.  Sir E. Sandys.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   3. (Fort.) The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyond the face of the wall a few inches.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   4. (Mil.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   5. A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   ‖Cordon sanitaire (krˌdnˈ sˌnˌtrˈ) [F., sanitary cordon], a line of troops or military posts around a district infected with disease, to cut off communication, and thus prevent the disease from spreading.  Also used figuratively, of a group of neutral states that forms a barrier between two hostile states.
   
   [1913 Webster]