cordel

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cordel

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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.

noun cordels · cordeles

historical Spanish chain, a traditional Spanish and Mexican unit of distance equivalent to about 41.9 m.

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@misc{cordel_2026,
  title = {cordel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cordel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}