cordel
cordel · cordels · cordeles
Spanish chain, a traditional Spanish and Mexican unit of distance equivalent to about…Spanish chain, a traditional Spanish and Mexican unit of distance equivalent to about 41.9 m.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)Spanish chain, a traditional Spanish and Mexican unit of distance equivalent to about 41.9 m.
Origin
From Spanish cordel (“surveying rope, 50 varas”), from Catalan cordell (“cord, string”), fFrom Spanish cordel (“surveying rope, 50 varas”), from Catalan cordell (“cord, string”), from Vulgar Latin *cordellus (“little rope”), from Latin chorda (“rope, cord”) + -ellus (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Equivalent to cord + -el.
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