资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cordon \Cor"don\ (k?r"d?n; F. k?r"{d?n}"), n. [F., fr. corde.
   See {Cord}.]
   1. A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a
      broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric,
      constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary
      order. Cf. {Grand cordon}.

   2. The cord worn by a Franciscan friar. --Sir E. Sandys.

   3. (Fort.) The coping of the scarp wall, which projects
      beyong the face of the wall a few inches.

   4. (Mil.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military
      posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.

   5. A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a
      mantle in some costumes of state.

   {Cordon bleu} (k?r`{d?n}" bl?") [F., blue cordon], a
      first-rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the
      cordons bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, famous for
      their good dinners.

   {Cordon sanitaire} (k?r`{d?n}" s?`n?`t?r") [F., sanitary
      cordon], a line of troops or military posts around a
      district infected with disease, to cut off communication,
      and thus prevent the disease from spreading.