Cord

n. [Fr. corde, Pr., It., & Pg. corda, Sp. cuerda, from Lat. chorda, Gr. χορδή, catgut, string, cord.]

1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
2. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; or a pile eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad, used for indicating the quantity of wood, and other coarse materials;—so called because a cord or line was formerly used in measuring by this standard.
3. That by which persons are caught, held, or drawn; an enticement; an allurement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.