cordage

Etymology

Borrowed from French cordage.

noun

  1. (uncountable) Cord (of any type) when viewed as a mass or commodity.
  2. (nautical) A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging.
    A lone river wind sighed in the cordage of the ship. 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 151
  3. (obsolete) An amount of wood measured in cords.

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