Cordon may refer to:

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cord (sewing) In sewing, cord is a trimming made by twisting or plying two or more strands of yarn together.Kadolph, Sara J., ed.: ''Textiles'', p. 465 Cord is used in a number of textile arts including dressmaking, upholstery, macramé, and couching. Soft ...

or braid used as a fastening or ornament *

Cordon (plant) In viticulture, the canopy of a grapevine includes the parts of the vine visible aboveground - the trunk, cordon, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit. The canopy plays a key role in light energy capture via photosynthesis, water use as regulated ...

, the descriptive term for a particular style of pruning woody plants * a strip of clay added around the outside of a pot in

ceramic A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelai ...

technology * Cordon sanitaire, a line to isolate an area, event or person *

Cordon and search Cordon and search is a military tactic to cordon off an area and search the premises for weapons or insurgents. It is one of the basic counterinsurgency operations. Two types of cordon and search operations are cordon and knock Kettling Kettling (also known as containment or corralling) is a police tactic for controlling large crowds during demonstrations or protests. It involves the formation of large cordons of police officers who then move to contain a crowd within a li ...

, the use of cordons of police to contain a crowd

Geography

Cordon (Arran) Cordon may refer to: Basic meanings * Cordon (fashion), a cord (sewing) or braid used as a fastening or ornament * Cordon (plant), the descriptive term for a particular style of pruning woody plants * a strip of clay added around the outside o ...

, a village on the

Isle of Arran The Isle of Arran (; sco, Isle o Arran; gd, Eilean Arainn) or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at . Historically part of Butesh ...

Cordón Cordón is a central ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay, located East of the Centro. Its main avenue is 18 de Julio Avenue. History Cordón was the first neighborhood to be created outside the walls of the old Citade ...

, a neighbourhood (''barrio'') of Montevideo, Uruguay *

Cordon, Haute-Savoie Cordon () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Sallanches.Cordon, Isabela : ''For a dish, see Cordon bleu''. Cordon, officially the Municipality of Cordon ( ilo, Ili ti Cordon; tl, Bayan ng Cordon), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population ...

, a municipality in the Philippines

Buildings

Casa del Cordón, Santo Domingo The Casa del Cordón (Spanish for "House of the Cord") is a property located in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic. It is the oldest European stone house in the Americas and probably the first European two-story house. ...

, Dominican Republic, it is the oldest European stone house in the Americas and probably the first European two-story house. *

Casa del Cordón, Vitoria-Gasteiz The , eu, Sokaren etxea) is a building in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain. It was declared ''Bien de Interés Cultural A Bien de Interés Cultural is a category of the heritage register in Spain. The term is also used in Venezuela and ...

, Basque Country, Spain

Other

Cordón Industrial Cordón Industrial (or in plural Cordones industriales; en, Industrial Belts) is an organ of popular power or of workplace democracy. Cordones were established in Chile by the working class during the Salvador Allende Popular Unity government (19 ...

, a Chilean organ of popular power, direct or workers democracy *

Slips cordon In cricket, a slip fielder (collectively, a ''slip cordon'' or ''the slips'') is placed behind the batsman on the off side of the field. They are placed with the aim of catching an edged ball which is beyond the wicket-keeper's reach. Many t ...

, a formation of slip fielders in cricket *''

The Cordon ''The Cordon'' ( sr, Кордон; hr, Kordon;) is a 2002 Yugoslavian film directed by Goran Marković. It won Grand Prix des Amériques, the main prize at the Montreal World Film Festival. Marković's film focuses on one police “cordon” ...

'', Romanian film * ''Cordon'' (TV series), a 2014 Belgian TV series

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