Corded
['kɔːdɪd] or ['kɔrdɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Cord
(a.) Bound or fastened with cords.
(a.) Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.
(a.) Made of cords.
(a.) Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface.
(a.) Bound about, or wound, with cords.
Edited by Bertram
Examples
- At last Clayton saw the immense muscles of Tarzan's shoulders and biceps leap into corded knots beneath the silver moonlight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I must go this morning: I must go directly; my trunk is packed and corded. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Aunt Chloe shut and corded the box, and, getting up, looked gruffly on the trader, her tears seeming suddenly turned to sparks of fire. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The box was corded, the card nailed on. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Edited by Bertram