cordel

noun

cordel

noun

Etymology From 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.

Historical Spanish chain, a traditional Spanish and Mexican unit of distance equivalent to about 41.9 m.

Coordinate terms: vara (1⁄50 cordel), estado (1⁄25 cordel), legua (100 cordeles)

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