cordelle
/kɔrˈdɛl/
noun
- A rope used for towing a boat, especially from the shore by people or animals.
- They tied the cordelle to a tree to keep the boat steady in the current.
- In the old days, horses often pulled boats along canals with a cordelle.
- The crew pulled the barge upstream using a long cordelle.
verb
- To tow a boat by pulling a rope from the shore.
- They learned how to cordelle the canoe safely along the rocky shoreline.
- The workers had to cordelle the heavy barge against the strong river current.
- Before engines, sailors would cordelle their vessels through narrow channels.
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