Meaning

noun a line made of twisted fibers or threads

noun a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet

noun a light insulated conductor for household use

originFrom Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”)). Doublet of chord and cuerda. More at yarn and hernia.

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