ˈcord-wood
[f. cord n.1 9.]
Wood stacked in ‘cords’; wood for fuel cut in lengths (usually) of 4 feet. Also attrib. Now chiefly in America.
| 1638–9 N. Riding Records IV. 109 A man presented for stealing Cord wood. 1763 Brit. Mag. IV. 543 (North America) A strong breast-work of cordwood. 1878 Mrs. Stowe Poganuc P. ix. 73 Zeph's sled was..loaded up with cord-wood. 1887 Kentish Gloss., Cord-wood, a pile of wood, such as split-up roots and trunks of trees stacked for fuel. |