Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cordon
Cordon
cordon
n. & v. --n. 1 a line or circle of police, soldiers, guards, etc., esp. preventing access to or from an area. 2 a an ornamental cord or braid. b the ribbon of a knightly order. 3 a fruit-tree trained to grow as a single stem. 4 Archit. a string-course. --v.tr. (often foll. by off) enclose or separate with a cordon of police etc. Etymology: It. cordone augmentative of corda CORD, & F cordon (as CORD)
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I. noun Etymology: French, diminutive of corde cord Date: 15th century 1. an ornamental cord or ribbon, stringcourse, 2. a line of troops or of military posts enclosing an area to prevent passage, a line of persons or objects around a person or place , an espalier especially of a fruit tree trained as a single horizontal shoot or two diverging horizontal shoots in a single line, II. transitive verb Date: 1561 to form a protective or restrictive ~ around ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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