Definition of Cordelling

1. cordelle [v] - See also: cordelle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordelling

cordate
cordate leaf
cordate pelvis
cordately
cordebec
cordebeck
cordebecks
cordebecs
cordectomies
cordectomy
corded
cordelle
cordelled
cordelles
cordelling (current term)
corder
corderoite
corders
cordial
cordial reception
cordialities
cordiality
cordialize
cordialized
cordializes
cordializing
cordially

Literary usage of Cordelling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until by Louis Houck (1908)
"... River Navigation— "cordelling" a Boat Up-stream—Down-stream Traffic—Charm of the Virgin Land—The Early French-Canadian Inhabitants—French Frontier ..."

2. Makers of Arkansas History by John Hugh Reynolds (1905)
"Sometimes the ropes were fastened to trees ahead, and the men cordelling A STEAMER UP-STREAM. on board would propel the vessel by pulling the ropes. ..."

3. Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot by George Byron Merrick (1909)
"In addition to cordelling, as described above, the long line was also used in warping the boat around difficult places where the men could not follow the ..."

4. Underground: Gambling and Its Horrors. by Thomas Wallace Knox (1876)
"'cordelling is a system of towing. The men walk along the banks of the river, and tow the boat by main strength against the stream. ..."

5. Report on Bridging the Mississippi River Between Saint Paul, Minn., and St by United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Gouverneur Kemble Warren (1878)
"As soou as the wind went down in the evening the boat was again started on her journey, this time by " cordelling," when the nature of the shore would ..."

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