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What is the noun for cordoning?

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cordon
  1. (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
  2. A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
  3. (cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully.
  4. (botany) A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “One by one, the cars emerged from the ferry and joined a long line snaking its way through a cordon of people.”
cordons
  1. plural of cordon
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Police set up cordons around the area and closed the lower end of the High Street while firefighters began carrying out their investigations.”
      “On the other side of the barricades and police and army cordons were the protesters, who had travelled overnight from all over Ireland.”
      “Large cordons of police kept the tenants from defending the man while a group of bailiffs and police carried out the eviction.”
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