corded

Multiple Entries:
  corded    cord  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
corded/ˈkɔːdɪd/

▶adjective

• 1 (of cloth) ribbed.

• 2 (of a muscle) tensed and standing out.

• 3 equipped with a cord or flex.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cord/kɔːd/

▶noun

• 1 thin string or rope made from several twisted strands.

  ■ a length of cord.

• 2 (also chord) an anatomical structure resembling a cord (e.g. the spinal cord).

• 3 an electric flex.

• 4 corduroy.

  ■ (cords) corduroy trousers.

• 5 a measure of cut wood (usually 128 cu. ft, 3.62 cubic metres).

▶verb (usu. as adj. corded) attach a cord to.

– derivatives
cording noun,
cord-like adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. corde, from L. chorda, from Gk khordē ‘gut, string of a musical instrument’.