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Cordage definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORDAGE, n. All sorts of cords or ropes, used in the running rigging of a ship, or kept in reserve to supply the place of that which may be rendered unserviceable. In a more general sense, the word includes all ropes and lines used on board of ships.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords
2: the ropes in the rigging of a ship

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1582 1. ropes or cords; especially the ropes in the rigging of a ship 2. the number of cords (as of wood) on a given area

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. cords or ropes, esp. in the rigging of a ship. Etymology: ME f. F (as CORD)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cordage Cord"age (k?rd"?j), n. [F. cordage. See Cord.] Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.

Moby Thesaurus

accommodation, burden, capacity, content, cording, gear, limit, measure, poundage, quantity, rigging, room, ropework, roping, space, stowage, tack, tackle, tonnage, volume