Usually means: Restrictive lines or belts encircling areas.
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  1. cordons: Merriam-Webster
  2. cordons: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cordons: Vocabulary.com
  4. cordons: Wordnik
  5. cordons: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Cordons, cordons: Wiktionary
  7. cordons: Dictionary.com
  8. cordons: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. cordons: TheFreeDictionary.com

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(Note: See cordon as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cordon)

noun:  (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. [from 17th c.]
noun:  A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. [from 16th c.]
noun:  (cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman: the slips and gully. [from 20th c.]
noun:  (botany) A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support. [from 19th c.]
verb:  Only used in cordon off
noun:  A surname.
▸ Also see cordon


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