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cords of hardwood

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1616, OED Evaluation: N/A

A measure of cut wood, esp. that used for fuel (prob. so called because originally measured with a cord): a pile of wood, most frequently 8 feet long, 4 feet broad, and 4 feet high, but varying in different localities.

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Interviewer: Mm-hm. You spoke then of the stove, w-- what did you burn in the stove? Speaker: Oh, wood. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: Usually hardwood. There was, ah, always a woodshed, and they bought quite a few cords of hardwood, and then some light cedar or something for shavings to start the fire. Interviewer: Who provided the wood? Speaker: Ah the trustees always bought the wood, there was three trustees, I think, for ah, each school.
A measure of cut wood, esp. that used for fuel (prob. so called because originally measured with a cord): a pile of wood, most frequently 8 feet long, 4 feet broad, and 4 feet high, but varying in different localities.
ExampleMeaning
And (laughs) ah, but anyway i-- dad would pay them for this wood, you-see? Whenever they needed some money they'd come to the door. They had to say, "Well what do you got, John?" " Oh I got so many cords of wood". They'd say, "How much money do you want?" "Oh, fifty-dollars." So, dad would make 'em out a cheque, 'nd it was usually Sunday morning, eh? So one day dad says, "I can give you cash, John, if you want it". "No, no cash. Want a cheque".
A measure of cut wood, esp. that used for fuel (prob. so called because originally measured with a cord): a pile of wood, most frequently 8 feet long, 4 feet broad, and 4 feet high, but varying in different localities.
ExampleMeaning
And then it all turned around we- we- too much machinery to work with but nobody would- nobody there to run the machinery. So it just switched ah, it's like cutting wood at the bush ah now like you-know ah I have- oh, I'll usually do twenty-five cords of wood. Now that would be- that would be a quite an undertaking a few years ago because you had to ah cut that wood all up into lengths, like usually made them about twelve feet long.
A measure of cut wood, esp. that used for fuel (prob. so called because originally measured with a cord): a pile of wood, most frequently 8 feet long, 4 feet broad, and 4 feet high, but varying in different localities.