I would be gazing wide-mouthed at the cordelle men.
Let's go in the skiff; we can row and cordelle it up the river again, though it is a job.
We moved as fast as the ten men on shore carrying the cordelle could walk, and the men at the pole lightened their load so greatly, they were able to walk at a good round pace.
The cordelle is a long rope attached to the bow of the boat, and drawn over the shoulders of the men, who walk along the bank.
The conjecture that Andrea Previtali is identical with Andrea Cordelle Agii seems to me," says Morelli, "untenable.
I fancy my man of pack-horse and cordelle living upon rice!
We can see why the Mississippi should have been explored from the north, rather than from its mouth, because Canada was settled before Louisiana, and it is easier to float downstream than to pole or cordelle against the current.
We bid adieu to our good friend Chardon; and his numerous and willing crew, taking the cordelle to their shoulders, moved the boat against a strong current in good style.
It took from twenty to forty men to cordelle the keel boat along average stretches of the river [the Missouri], and the work was always one of great difficulty.
In order to hold the boat from swinging around the mast, the line was connected with the bow of the boat by means of a "bridle", a short auxiliary line fastened to a loop in the bow, and to a ring through which the cordelle was passed.
The cordelle was a rope, often several hundred yards long, by means of which men towed boats up rapid streams.
When the current was especially strong, the end of the cordelle was attached to a tree and a windlass used.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cordelle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
