cordn.[F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. chordh`; cf. chola`des intestines, L. haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. grn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf. Chord, Yarn.]1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.()2. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.()()3. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.()The knots that tangle human creeds,
The wounding cords that bind and strain
The heart until it bleeds. (Tennyson.)4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.()5. (Mus.) See Chord.()Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).()v. t.1. To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.()2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.()