Cordelle

The weather is now fine, and their labor diversified, when there is no wind, by pole, the oars, or cordelle, which is little more than a promenade along the sand bars. ❋ Unknown (1811)

The only French word left by the old _voyageurs_, so far as I now remember, is "cordelle," to tow a boat by a rope carried along the shore. ❋ Edward Eggleston (1869)

Une or "cordelle" of great length was carried by every boat. ❋ Delisle De Sales, J., 1741-1816 (1770)

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. ❋ Mary Dillon (N/A)

We would tie up one more night; all hands at the cordelle and the poles, we would reach Mrs. O'Fallon's by noon, in time for dinner. ❋ Mary Dillon (N/A)

On the Lower Ohio and the Mississippi there were about twenty barges, which averaged 100 tons burden, and more than three months was occupied in ascending from Orleans to Louisville with West India produce, the crew being obliged to poll or _cordelle_ the whole distance. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The men at the cordelle walked faster, the men at the pole pushed harder, and, there being here a chance to use them, two great sweep-oars were fastened in the rowlocks, and, four men at each oar, we went forward at such a gait that the water curled back from our prow in two foaming streams, and before many minutes we were running our nose into the bank at the foot of Mulberry Hill. ❋ Mary Dillon (N/A)

"Good-by, dear lad," that was once more near to my undoing, we were untied, and the men at the poles pushed hard and walked rapidly back to the stern, and the men at the cordelle pulled all together, with a long-drawn "Heave, ho, heave!" and we were off. ❋ Mary Dillon (N/A)

If those old cordelle men could only come back for a while from their Walhalla, how they would crowd about that wind-splitting, fire-eating, iron beast, panting from its long run, and catching its breath for another plunge into the waste places and the night! ❋ John G. Neihardt (1927)

Big men, bearded and powerful, pushing up stream with the cordelle on their shoulders! ❋ John G. Neihardt (1927)

I would be gazing wide-mouthed at the cordelle men. ❋ John G. Neihardt (1927)

What _males_ those cordelle men were -- what _stayers_! ❋ John G. Neihardt (1927)

I saw them on the wild shelterless banks of the yellow flood -- a score or so of them -- stripped and sweating under the prairie sun, with the cordelle on their calloused shoulders, straightening out to the work like honest oxen. ❋ John G. Neihardt (1927)

In the old days I used to make the flat-boat trip to New Orleans and walk all the way back and help _cordelle_ the boat, they brought back their flat-boats in them days -- think of doing that now. ❋ James Tandy Ellis (1905)

In return they shipped molasses, sugar, coffee, lead, and hides upon the few keel boats which crept upstream or the blundering barges which were propelled northward by means of oar, sail, and cordelle. ❋ Archer Butler Hulbert (1903)

Besides this, snags and other incumbrances must be chopped down to clear the cordelle, poling is always slow work, and there are rapids to be overcome, of which I will speak when we reach them. ❋ Unknown (1898)

Such thickets being impenetrable, men must be sent ahead of the cordelle men, as those who tow the boat are called, to prepare a path for them. ❋ Unknown (1898)

They made good time, but it was mostly cordelle work. ❋ Emerson Hough (1890)

Because this old town of St. Louis was then only a village, and we just had bought our unknown country of France, and this town was on the eastern edge of it, the gate of it -- the gate to the West, it used to be, before steam came, while everything went by keel boat; oar or paddle and pole and sail and cordelle. ❋ Emerson Hough (1890)

They won up over the sullen rapids of the river which came into the bay, toiling sometimes waist-deep at the _cordelle_, yet complaining not at all. ❋ Emerson Hough (1890)

I can't believe you said No to Cordell!! [Sorry], [I didn't] [know that] he was THAT Funny. ❋ I Wouldnt Do That! (2018)

[Did you] see Cordel [today], he's doing [so good]. ❋ Jayytwist333 (2016)

😂😂😂Cordell!!!😂😂😂 ❋ I Wouldnt Do That! (2019)

[Girl 1]: He [asked] me out last night, but I told him no. I just couldn't see it. [Girl 2]: What?! Are you crazy?! He's a total Cordell! ❋ Cordellsgirl (2011)

[Kameron] Cordelled [the girl] next to him cause her to [make noises] ❋ Piediehi (2014)

[Man one]: "Hey have we met before?" Man two: "No, I don't think so. I'm Cordell." *~*Time [Skip]*~* Man one: "You're my coolest guy I know, no [wonder] your name is Cordell!" ❋ ICrazyBish (2010)

are you [a God]? [Naw] just a [Cordell] ❋ Golden Showers (2020)

I met a [cordell] today , he [smoked] all my [weed]. ❋ Cortwang Blumpkin (2015)

Cordele, [GA] is the [Watermelon] [Capital] of the World ❋ Formercordelian (2009)

That person over there is [soo] Cordell. Be careful you don't [Overdose] on Cordell or you will [explode] ❋ -Livi/Bex (2005)