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   cordon

   /ˈkɔːdn/

   noun

   • 1. a line or circle of police, soldiers, or guards preventing access to or from an area or building: "the crowd was halted in front of the police cordon" Similar barrierlinecolumnrowfilerankschainringcirclepicket lineinformal:crocodile
   • 2. a fruit tree trained to grow as a single stem.
   • 3. a projecting course of brick or stone on the face of a wall.

   verb

   • 1. prevent access to or from an area or building by surrounding it with police or other guards: "the city centre was cordoned off after fires were discovered in two stores"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting an ornamental braid): from Italian cordone, augmentative of corda, and French cordon, diminutive of corde, both from Latin chorda ‘string, rope’ (see cord). cordon (sense 3 of the noun), the earliest of the current noun senses, dates from the early 18th century.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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