cord

cord [kôrd]

n.

[ME & OFr corde < L chorda < Gr chordē, catgut, chord, cord < IE base * gher-, intestine > YARN]

1. a thick string or thin rope

2. any force acting as a tie or bond

3. [from use of a cord in measuring] a measure of wood cut for fuel, equal to 128 cubic feet (3.6 m³), as arranged in a pile 8 feet (2.4 m) long, 4 feet (1.2 m) high, and 4 feet (1.2 m) wide: see also FACE CORD

4.

a) a rib on the surface of a fabric

b) cloth with a ribbed surface; corduroy

c) [pl.] corduroy trousers

5. Anat. any part resembling a cord [the spinal cord, vocal cords, umbilical cord]

6. Elec. a slender, flexible, insulated electrical cable, as one fitted at one end with an electrical plug to connect a lamp to an outlet

vt.

1. to fasten, connect, or provide with a cord or cords

2. to stack (wood) in cords