See also:

• CORDON (a French derivative of corde, cord)

CORDON (a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French derivative of corde, See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord)  , a wordusedin many applications of its meaning of " See also:

• LINE

line " or " See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord," and particularly of a cord of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold or See also:

• SILVER

silver See also:

• LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace worn in military and other See also:

• UNIFORMS

uniforms . The word is especially used of the See also:

• SASH

sash or ribbon worn by members of an See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood, See also:

• CROSSING

crossing from one See also:

• SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder to the opposite See also:

• HIP

hip . The See also:

• CORDON (a French derivative of corde, cord)

cordon bleu, the See also:

• SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky-See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue ribbon of the See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight's See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• CROSS

cross of the order of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Spirit, the highest order of the See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, was, like the "blue ribbon " of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English Garter, taken as a type of the highest See also:

• REWARD

reward or See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize to which any one can attain (see also See also:

• COOKERY (Lat. coquus, a cook)

COOKERY) . In See also:

• HERALDRY

heraldry, " cordons " are the ornamental cords which, with the hats to which they are attached, See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign the See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

shields of arms of certain ecclesiastical dignitaries; they are interlaced to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a mesh or network and terminate in rows of tassels . A See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal's cordon is gules with five rows of fifteen tassels, an See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop's vest with four rows of ten, and a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop's also vert, with three rows of six . In See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture a " cordon " is a projecting See also:

• BAND

band of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone along the outside of a See also:

• BUILDING

building, a See also:

• STRING

string-course . The word is frequently used in a transferred sense of a line of posts or stations to guard an enclosed See also:

• AREA

area from unauthorized passage, e.g. a military or See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police cordon, and especially a sanitary cordon, a line of posts to prevent communication from or with an area infected with disease .