The act of surrounding or sealing off an area with a rope, tape, or barrier (often 'cordon off').
From French 'cordon' meaning a line or cord, derived from Latin 'chorda.' The verbal form 'cordoning' emerged in English in the 17th century to describe the military tactic of encircling an area.
Police use cordoning techniques that are almost 500 years old—the same method used by armies to blockade cities in the Renaissance is how they protect crime scenes today!
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