Cordel [2] : A unit of area equal to one square cordel: about 1792 square meters (2143 square yards or 0.433?acre) in Mexico and the southwestern U.S. or about 414.2 square meters (495.4 square yards)
Russ Rowlett (Director), How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement, Center for Mathematics and Science Education University of North Carolina, USA 2005. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html, (Unit of Meas and Covr Factors - Amer) {608}