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Cordage

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cord⋅age

[kawr-dij]
–noun
1. fiber and wire ropes, lines, hawsers, etc., taken as a whole, esp. with reference to the rigging and other equipment of a vessel.
2. a quantity of wood measured in cords.

Origin:
1480–90; cord + -age
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cord·age   (kôr'dĭj)   
n.  
  1. Cords or ropes, especially the ropes in the rigging of a ship.

  2. The amount of wood in an area as measured in cords.

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