cordelle

/kawr-del/US // kɔrˈdɛl //

帘子花,帘子布,帘子线,帘幕

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a heavy rope formerly used for towing boats on rivers in Canada and the U.S.

v.有主动词 verb

We were compelled to cordelle our boat, and sometimes lift it over the rocks for several rods.
Farther up the stream she thought she could discern the party in the yawl, striving to reach shore with the cumbersome cordelle.
When sail and oar and setting-pole proved unavailing, the men were out and overboard, running the banks with the cordelle.
With much ado, with poles and cordelle, we made but five miles.
The cordelle was a rope, often several hundred yards long, by means of which men towed boats up rapid streams.