Cordon

Cordon (cordon)
n.	(kôr"dn; F. kôr`dôN")
Cor"don
[F., fr. corde. See Cord.]

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.

The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.

Sir E. Sandys.

The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches.

A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.

A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state.

||Cordon bleu (k(?)r`d(?)n" bl(?)") [F., blue cordon], a first-rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the cordons bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, famous for their good dinners. -- ||Cordon sanitaire (k(?)r`d(?)n" s(?)`n(?)`t(?)r") [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.

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