corder
(ˈkɔːdə(r))
[f. cord v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who cords or fastens with a cord.
| c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iv. lviii. (1869) 204 My mooder Charitee was cordere and thredere of þis corde. 1824 Southey in Lett. (1856) III. 449 Take care this box be a little better corded than the last, the corder whereof ought to have been sent to the treading-mill. |
2. An operative who forms a cord, welt, or braid, in the shoemaking and other trades.
| 1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 280/2 A ‘corder’ forms the top and button scallops over a round-pointed piece of steel..fastened to a table. 1891 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 9/1 Bonnaz Braiders and Corders.—Permanent weekly hands wanted. |
3. In a sewing-machine: An appliance for stitching a piping-cord, or the like, between the folds of a fabric.
| 1870 Willcox & Gibbs' Price List 22 Cording with the Corder. The Corder lays the Cord while the Machine stiches it in. |