cordellen.
/kɔːˈdɛl/, /ˈkɔːd(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌkɔrˈdɛl/, /ˈkɔrd(ə)l/, Canadian English /ˌkɔrˈdel/, /ˈkɔrd(ə)l/ΚΠ
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Cordelles, twisted cords; tassels.
2. Canadian and U.S. A towing line or rope. [The only sense in modern French, and thence adopted in Canada and the Mississippi Valley.]
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > tow-rope
tow1600
tow-line1719
tow-rope1743
cordelle1811
track-rope1816
towing-rope1838
track-line1856
1792 E. 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.]
1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 22 Apr. in Views Louisiana (1814) 214 Continued until eleven, with cordelle, or towing line—the banks being favorable.
1816 H. Ker Trav. Western Interior U.S. 36 This is a great object to the bargemen in using their cordale.
1823 J. D. Hunter Mem. Captivity 84 Where rapids occurred in the river, we assisted at the cordelle, or towing-line, from the shore.
1884 Harper'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.
1946 C. Richter Fields 281 Several hands jumped out in the water with the cordelle and pulled it to the bank.
1969 E. 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
cordellev.
/kɔːˈdɛl/, /ˈkɔːd(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌkɔrˈdɛl/, /ˈkɔrd(ə)l/, Canadian English /ˌkɔrˈdel/, /ˈkɔrd(ə)l/ Canadian and U.S.
transitive. To tow (a boat) with a cordelle.
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society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > propel boat other than by sail or oars [verb (transitive)] > tow > by specific method
cordelle1812
tug1839
push-tow1955
1812 J. C. Luttig Jrnl. Exped. Upper Missouri 31 July (1920) 62 Departed early cloudy and head wind cordelled all Morning.
1816 H. Ker Trav. Western Interior U.S. 36 After getting above their cordaling ground, in swift water they make use of their warp.
1826 T. Flint Recoll. Last Ten Years 96 In two instances the boatmen..,when cordelling the boat directly at the base of these rocks, disengaged snakes from their retreats.
1838 S. Parker Jrnl. Tour beyond Rocky Mts. (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.
1885 U. S. Grant Pers. Mem. II. xli. 37 To get up these rapids, steamers must be cordelled.
1940 H. H. Hatcher Buckeye Country 5 He..trudged along the bank..‘cordelling’..his pirogue upstream.
Derivatives
ˈcordelling n.
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society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > towing > by specific method
cordelling1832
push-towing1955
1832 J. 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.
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