Definition of "cording" [cording]

• Decorative cord, often wrapped in colored fabric or foil (noun)
• The resultant decoration, or the act of decorating with cording (noun)

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• "Jack straightened in the dim light shafting in from the hallway, then shrugged, muscles cording in the shoulders displayed by the black wife-beater stretched across his chest."
• "Amish leather crafters in Pennsylvania cut and edge each bag by hand, rub it with natural cream and stitch it with heavy waxed cording."
• "Finish attaching a shade as good as tie a knot in a cording up tall upon a window."