Definition of "cord-wood" [cord-wood]

• Cut wood sold by the cord for fuel; specifically, firewood cut in lengths of four feet, so as to be readily measured by the cord when piled. (noun)
• Wood conveyed to market on board of vessels, instead of being floated. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Now hunter have far more accessible deer to harvest and the farmers are not (allegedly) piling dead carcasses up like cord-wood to protect their crops."
• "I've never gotten one back, those pass right through anything short of cord-wood that I have hit."
• "I shot some cord-wood once from about 4 feet away to see if I could get the bullets back, they went almost to the end (24 & 28 inches of penetration) in solid, dry birch."