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▪ I. cordelle, n.|ˈkɔːdəl|
Also cordale.
[a. F. cordelle, dim. of corde cord.]
†1. (See quot.) Obs.
1847–78Halliwell, Cordelles, twisted cords; tassels.
2. Canada and U.S. A towing line or rope. [The only sense in mod.F., and thence adopted in Canada and the Mississippi Valley.]
[1792E. P. Simcoe Diary (1911) 91 The current becoming very strong, the men were obliged to tirer à la cordelle, or drag the boat by ropes on a narrow beach under high, woody banks.] 1811Brackenridge Jrnl. in Views Louisiana (1814) 214 Continued until eleven, with cordelle, or towing line—the banks being favorable. 1816H. Ker Travels 36 This is a great object to the bargemen in using their cordale. 1823J. D. Hunter Mem. Captivity 84 Where rapids occurred in the river, we assisted at the cordelle, or towing-line, from the shore. 1884Harper's Mag. June 125/1 A ‘Kanuck’, or French Canadian, at the oar or the ‘cordelle’, the rope used to haul a boat up-stream. 1946C. Richter Fields 281 Several hands jumped out in the water with the cordelle and pulled it to the bank. 1969E. W. Morse Fur Trade Canoe Routes i. 5 To guard against the risk of the towline breaking, the line (cordelle) consisted of half a dozen smaller lines braided together.
▪ II. cordelle, v. Canada and U.S.|ˈkɒdəl|
Also cordale.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To tow (a boat) with a cordelle. Hence ˈcordelling vbl. n.
1812J. C. Luttig Jrnl. Exped. Upper Missouri 31 July (1920) 62 Departed early cloudy and head wind cordelled all Morning. 1816H. Ker Travels 36 After getting above their cordaling ground, in swift water they make use of their warp. 1826T. Flint Recoll. 96 In two instances the boatmen..,when cordelling the boat directly at the base of these rocks, disengaged snakes from their retreats. 1832J. K. Paulding Westward Ho! I. ix. 83 A rope was taken ashore, and fastened to a rock, or stump, or sapling, and by this the boat was dragged along. This process is called cordelleing. 1838S. Parker Explor. Tour (1846) 144 The men of the Hudson's Bay Company cordelled several batteaux down this rapid—part of the men going in the boats, and part on shore cordelling. 1885U. S. Grant Mem. II. xli. 37 To get up these rapids, steamers must be cordelled. 1940H. H. Hatcher Buckeye Country 5 He..trudged along the bank..‘cordelling’..his pirogue upstream. |