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Cordon

Viniculture
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A permanent horizontal arm of a vine’s trunk from which fruiting spurs grow.

Detailed Definition
A cordon is trained along a trellis and pruned season after season, giving the vine a stable architecture for producing shoots and clusters. It offers a rich poetic figure for endurance: a living arm extended through winter, bearing the marks of repeated cutting. In verse, the cordon can connect bodily anatomy with cultivated form, suggesting how discipline, injury, and continuity may coexist in a single line of growth.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The old cordon traced a permanent arm along the vine,” uses the term for a trained horizontal part of a vine’s woody structure; “Buds slept along the cordon like notes on a staff”; A poet could describe pruning as shaping the cordon for the next season’s fruit; “From cordon to cluster, the vine kept its measured line.”
Additional Notes
A cordon is trained along a permanent cordon wire and bears short fruiting spurs after pruning. This differs from cane pruning, in which long one-year-old canes are retained. Cordon training can simplify vineyard work, but its suitability depends on variety, climate, vigor, and disease risk.
Also Known As
Permanent Arm Spur Cordon Blockade Stringcourse
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