cordelle ((v.)) DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
v.
draw or lead a canoe, boat, scow, etc, through rapids, shallows, or other difficult stretches of water by means of a line or lines running from the craft to a man, or men, on the bank or shore. See fist note at at track (def. 1).
See also: track (def. 1)