cordeau

noun

cordeau

noun

Etymology From French cordeau.

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Archaic A detonating cord.

The middle section of cordeau is attached (by means of a string) to a narrow lead plate, […]1960, Basil Timothy Fedoroff, Encyclopedia of Explosives and Related Items, volume 3, page 312:

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