Cordon may refer to:

Basic meanings

Cordon (fashion) 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 ...

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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 cot ...

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 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, porcela ...

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 l ...

, the use of cordons of police to contain a crowd

Geography

* Cordon (Arran), a village on the

Isle of Arran The Isle of Arran (; ) 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 . Counties of Scotland, Historically part of Buteshire, it is in the ...

Cordón Cordón is a central ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Part of the city's central business district, alongside Centro and Ciudad Vieja, the 18 de Julio Avenue that runs through the area is home to commercial spaces, o ...

, a neighbourhood (''barrio'') of Montevideo, Uruguay * Cordon, Haute-Savoie, a commune in France *

Cordon, Isabela Cordon, officially the Municipality of Cordon (; ), is a municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 46,477 people. Being a town bordered by Santiago City, it became a favored des ...

, a municipality in the Philippines

Buildings

* Casa del Cordón, Santo Domingo, 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, Basque Country, Spain

People

Betty Cordon Betty Green Cordon Silver (July 14, 1923 – May 17, 2012) was an American debutante, socialite, and philanthropist. She was a leading debutante in North Carolina and member of New York City's café society who was dubbed "New York's Number One Gl ...

(1923–2012), American socialite * Bonnie H. Cordon (born 1964), American Mormon official * Francoise Cordon (1650s–1716), French actress *

Kevin Cordón Kevin Haroldo Cordón Buezo (born 28 November 1986) is a Guatemalan badminton player. He won two men's singles titles at the Badminton at the Pan American Games, Pan American Games, four titles at the Pan Am Badminton Championships, Pan Am Cham ...

(born 1986), Guatemalan badminton player

Other

Cordón Industrial Cordón Industrial (or in plural Cordones industriales; ) 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 (1970–1973). His ...

, a Chilean organ of popular power, direct or workers democracy * Slips cordon, a formation of slip fielders in cricket *'' The Cordon'', Romanian film * ''Cordon'' (TV series), a 2014 Belgian TV series

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