From HomoExcelsior

1. A line of people, military posts, or ships stationed around an area to enclose or guard it. 2. A cord or braid worn as a fastening or an ornament. 3. A ribbon usually worn diagonally across the breast as a badge of honor or a decoration. 4. A stringcourse. 5. A tree or shrub, especially a fruit tree such as an apple or a pear, repeatedly pruned and trained to grow on a support as a single ropelike stem. 6. Troops cordoned off the riot zone.

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