"cordel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cordels [plural], cordeles [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish cordel (“surveying rope, 50 varas”), from Catalan cordell (“cord, string”), from Vulgar Latin *cordellus (“little rope”), from Latin chorda (“rope, cord”) + -ellus (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Equivalent to cord + -el. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|cordel||surveying rope, 50 varas}} Spanish cordel (“surveying rope, 50 varas”), {{der|en|ca|cordell||cord, string}} Catalan cordell (“cord, string”), {{der|en|VL.|*cordellus||little rope}} Vulgar Latin *cordellus (“little rope”), {{der|en|la|chorda||rope, cord}} Latin chorda (“rope, cord”), {{suffix|en|cord|el}} cord + -el Head templates: {{en-noun|s|cordeles}} cordel (plural cordels or cordeles)
  1. (historical) Spanish chain, a traditional Spanish and Mexican unit of distance equivalent to about 41.9 m. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Units of measure Categories (place): Spain Coordinate_terms: vara (1⁄50 cordel), estado (1⁄25 cordel), legua (100 cordeles)
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