(n.) 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.
(n.) The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.
(n.) The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches.
(n.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.
(n.) A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state.
Example Sentences:
(1) As May delivered her statement in the chamber, police helicopters hovered overhead and a police cordon remained in place around Westminster, but MPs from across the political spectrum were determined to show that they were continuing with business as usual.
(2) In north-west Copenhagen, among the quiet, graffiti-tagged streets of red-brick blocks and low-rise social housing bordering the multi-ethnic Nørrebro district, police continued to cordon off roads and search a flat near the spot where officers killed a man believed to be behind Denmark’s bloodiest attacks in over a decade.
(3) A spokesperson for Staffordshire police said: “A detailed investigation is under way and the scene will remain cordoned off while the investigation continues.
(4) Police cordoned off the street and were allowing people to protest in groups of 50 for about five to 10 minutes before escorting them away.
(5) He had a private table on Dakota’s second floor that would often be cordoned off by a curtain upon his party’s arrival.
(6) Security experts have warned for years that they could be a target for terrorists because they are rarely cordoned off and have few or no bag checks.
(7) Members of the elite police squad wearing helmets came running out of the building and a police union representative at the cordon around the area shouted: "He's dead, he's dead."
(8) Photographs of the site in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero were released on Tuesday after a small group of journalists were taken behind a heavily policed cordon.
(9) The recent arrest of the brother, Liu Hui, may be particular retaliation for two incidents that broke the security cordon around Liu Xia and her isolation in her fifth-floor apartment in central Beijing.
(10) Just beyond the cordon, everyday life in one of the capital’s busiest areas for tourism and other commerce continued as best it could, with the addition of TV news crews gathered as close as possible to the scene, mainly by Lambeth Bridge, to the west of parliament, and just over the river on the South Bank.
(11) It’s a real shame.” 8.05am Facebook Twitter Pinterest A 500-metre cordon was set up around the rue du Corbillon.
(12) Then he fenced tamely outside his off stump at Plunkett, Jonny Bairstow pouched the ball and appealed with the slip cordon and Nigel Llong raised his finger.
(13) "Syrian security services quickly cordoned and searched the entire beach neighbourhood where the shooting had occurred," the embassy was informed.
(14) There are no police to unspool tape and cordon-off sensitive areas.
(15) But police allowed one family with three small children to pass through the cordon and go home.
(16) The force said officers had created a cordon around Tomlinson to give him CPR.
(17) There was a security cordon around the cemetery, where a high-level government delegation including the mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, stood on a stage draped in red and black and addressed a small crowd through loudspeakers.
(18) Amid reports that a large area around Qunu might be cordoned off for a funeral, she added: "I don't think that would be right."
(19) At the Green, where a local supermarket was set ablaze on Monday night, police kept the volunteers behind a cordon for fear of falling material from the building.
(20) More than 560 people were arrested across Toronto over the weekend after violence erupted between riot police and masked protesters as leaders of the G20 countries gathered behind the toughest security cordon in the history of the summit.
Fielder
Definition:
(n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.
Example Sentences:
(1) Prince Fielder is up next and he grounds out to first.
(2) Roger Kirkby: All stores in LA were giving 50% off Puig Shirts today, to match his fielding percentage last night Does this mean all Prince Fielder shirts are free to match his lack of RBI?
(3) Fielder has accounted for more outs in this series than some of the Sox starters.
(4) 2.38am GMT 7th Inning Stretch Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 2.38am GMT Giants 2 - Tigers 0, Top 7th Gregor Blanco bounces to first but the throw is off line and Fielder has to dive to his right to get it while Blanco slides head first, OUT!
(5) On 2-2, Fielders swings and misses on a high fastball to strike out.
(6) Updated at 3.33pm BST 2.41pm BST 60th over: England 133-6 (Ali 39, Prior 1) Prior gets underway via inside edge off to the leg side, bringing Ali back, a square of fielders around him.
(7) Last night, Henri Brandman, who is representing Fielder-Civil, said in a statement: "I can confirm that I have been instructed to commence divorce proceedings on the grounds of Amy's adultery."
(8) Great going by Pedey & Salty #RedSox there ;-P @HunterFelt @BBC5LSX October 20, 2013 3.35am BST Tigers 2 - Red Sox 1, top of the 6th Prince Fielder is still the MVP for the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS.
(9) Target Field, a $545m limestone-encased jewel that opened in 2010, produced an All-Star cycle just eight batters in, with hitters showing off flashy neon-bright spikes and fielders wearing All-Star caps with special designs for the first time.
(10) On Tuesday, the indigenous activist Jackie Fielder helped lead a protest at the San Francisco board of supervisors, which she is hoping to persuade to divest from DAPL-connected banks.
(11) Then Smith ruins my conceit by grounding to Prince Fielder.
(12) Michael Young pinch hits for the pitcher and grounds out to third, before Carl Crawford launches a ball to center field - Jay dives to his right and can't come up with it, and so it's a one-out base hit for the Dodgers left fielder.
(13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tents set ablaze at North Dakota pipeline protest campsite “The thing about the No DAPL movement is that it’s everywhere,” Fielder said.
(14) Fielder just looks far from his best October 20, 2013 It would be interesting to see how these League Championship Series would have gone had Hanley Ramirez been fully healthy for the Dodgers and Miguel Cabrera wasn't playing through a gazillion trillion injuries.
(15) Now Cabrera is on for Prince Fielder as Tim Lincecum heads out to the bullpen to warm up.
(16) From these findings, we diagnosed this case as acute isolated (Fielder's) myocarditis.
(17) However, the speedy Crisp gets to it for the out, Fielder has to return to first.
(18) We comment on the need for appropriate facial protection for batsmen and close fielders.
(19) 2.59am GMT Giants 3 - Tigers 3, Bottom 8th Prince Fielder is up next.
(20) 2.48am BST Richie (@richiemetsoh) @LengelDavid 'those are two big men on the screen, Fielder and Ortiz.