The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cord \Cord\ (k[^o]rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cording.]
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.
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Decorative cord, often wrapped in colored fabric or foil 2 The resultant decoration, or the act of decorating with cording vb. (present participle of cord English)
Wikipedia
In animal grooming, cording is a technique in which dog coats are separated patiently into dreadlocks for coat care or presentation purposes. Some dog breeds that are often corded are the Puli and the Komondor. The Havanese and Poodle are also occasionally corded for showing.
The cords form naturally (if messily) in tightly curled fur, but to make them attractive for conformation showing, the cords are carefully started by separating clumps of fur in a regular pattern, and tended until they are long enough to grow on their own. A corded coat can act very much like a dust mop as the dog moves through its environment. Dust, dirt, twigs, leaves, burs, and everything else quickly become tangled in the coat. To keep the coat attractive, the owner must put in considerable time and effort in cleaning it and in entertaining and exercising the dog in a way that minimizes the accumulation of litter. Such dogs often have their cords tied up or covered with assorted dog clothing when they are not in a clean environment.
Cording, in mycobacteriology, refers to a tendency of some mycobacterium (especially M. tuberculosis) to grow end to end, giving them a rope or cord-like appearance when viewed on a stained slide through a microscope. This growth pattern is due to cord factor, a glycolipid, and contributes to the virulence of the organism.
Cording may refer to:
- Cording (dog grooming)
- Cording (mycobacterium)
Usage examples of "cording".
Tiny cordings of silk and gold finished the slashes of his short, padded breeches, and beneath them he wore close-fitting hose and low-topped shoes.
The sleeves of his dark green velvet doublet and the puffed trunk hose were adorned with lined slashes, the edges of which were finished with silk cordings.
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The track ran in a cloverleaf pattern perhaps five feet in each direction, with a web of heavy cording leading to a black control panel on the floor.
She grabbed at his shoulders for balance as she began convulsing and only a heartbeat later he joined her, his head arching back, veins and tendons cording in his muscular neck.
This night she was uniformed as a French hussar with skintight sky-blue breeches that had an intricate pattern of Hungarian lace down the front of the thighs, a plum coloured dolman with blue cuffs and plaited white-silk cordings and a scarlet pelisse edged with black fur.
Molly's eyes darted from a huge Tele funken entertainment console to shelves of antique disk re cordings, their crumbling spines cased in clear plastic, to a wide worktable littered with slabs of silicon.
And there are those Ramen-Winhomes, Curriers, Keepers-who are not apt for the rigors of Cording or Maneing.
The balcony of dug-offal, as Dom Anselme put it, would undergo tight cording, needling and similar methods of flesh torture.