Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Twisting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Twisting.
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- noun The
pulling of aboat by people walking along theshore holding an attachedrope .
Etymologies
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French cordeler to twist, from Old French cordel.
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Examples
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D. 1809, and ascended the Missouri by rowing, pushing with poles, cordeling, or pulling with ropes, warping, and sailing.
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