cordon: Meaning and Definition of

cor•don

1. a line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area.
2. a cord or braid worn for ornament or as a fastening.
3. a ribbon worn usually diagonally across the breast as a badge of a knightly or honorary order.
1. a projecting course of stones at the base of a parapet.
2. the coping of a scarp.
1. a stringcourse, esp. one having little or no projection.
2. a cut-stone riser on a stepped ramp or the like.
6. a fruit tree or shrub trained to grow along a support or a series of such supports.

1. to surround or blockade with or as with a cordon (usually fol. by off): The police cordoned off the street.