cordage
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dɪdʒ noun
1.
fiber and wire ropes, lines, hawsers, etc., taken as a whole, especially with reference to the rigging and other equipment of a vessel.
2.
a quantity of wood measured in cords.
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| —n | |
| 1. | nautical the lines and rigging of a vessel |
| 2. | an amount of wood measured in cords |
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Word Origin & History
cordage
"ropes, especially on a ship," late 15c., from Fr. cordage, from corde "cord" (see cord).
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Example sentences
Boys learned the art of making cordage and creating rabbit skin blankets.
The trade in ropes, cordage, and other marine stores is also looking up.
The inner bark of the plant and the silk from the seed pods were used to make fiber and cordage.
Cordage, made from the inner bark of cottonwood or milkweed, held the rest of the fibers hanging freely.
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