cordel (kordal)

[Sp., a cord, line, measure, = Pg. cordel = OF. * cordel, F. cordeau, a line, cord, masc. dim. of ML. cord a (> Sp. cuerda = Pg. cord a = F.corde ), a cord: see cord.] A Spanish long measure. In the Castilian system it wasba 50 it is 24 Cuban varas, or 72 English feet. Cordelier (kôr-de-lēr'), n. [F. cordelier, OF. cordeler (> ME. cordilere), cordelour (also cor delé ) (= It. cordigliero ), worn by the order.] 1. In France, one of the regular Francis can monks: so called from the girdle of knotted cord worn by that order. See Francis can. Hence-2. pl. The name of one of the Paris i an political clubs in the time of the revolution, from its holding its sittings in the chapel of an old convent of the Cordeliers. It especially flourished in 1792, and among its most famous members were Danton, Marat, Camille Des moulins, and Hébert. cordelière (kôr-de-liar'), n. [ cording 3. A sweet and aromatic liquor. Certain cordials are, or were originally, made in great monastic establishments, whence the names are taken, as Benedictine, Chartreuse, Certosa, and the like; others are named from the place, or a former place, of manufacture, as Curaçoa; and others from their flavoring or composition, as maraschino, anisette. See liqueur. Sweet cordials and other rich things were prepar'd. Catskin's Garland (Child's Ballads, VIII. 179).