corded
adjEtymology From cord + -ed.
1
Fitted with a cord.
2
Figuratively Having the appearance of cords or furrows.
- the hard, corded upper arms of a bodybuilder
3
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Wound about with a cord or cords of a specified tincture.
- CORDED : Bound round with cord, - as, a Bale gules, corded or.1893, John Edwin Cussans, Handbook of Heraldry: With Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient Mss., Rules for the Appointment of Liveries, &c, page 128:
- Sable, two bars argent, corded or wreathed gules - WAYE, Devonshire, confirmed 1574.1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 132:
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Of wood: piled in cords.