cord

[[t]kɔrd[/t]]

n.

1) tex a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together

2) elm a small, flexible, insulated electrical cable

3) tex a ribbed fabric, esp. corduroy

4) tex a cordlike rib on the surface of cloth

5) clo cords, clothing, as trousers, of corded fabric, esp. corduroy

6) any influence that binds or restrains

7) anat. a cordlike structure:

the spinal cord[/ex]

8) wam a unit of volume used chiefly for fuel wood, now generally equal to 128 cubic feet (3.6 cubic meters), usu. specified as 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high (2.4 m x 1.2 m x 1.2 m)

Abbr.: cd,cd

9) to bind or fasten with a cord or cords

10) to pile or stack up (wood) in cords

11) to furnish with a cord

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Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < AF, OF corde < L chorda < Gk chordḗ gut; confused in part of its history with chord I cord′er, n.