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cordage

[kawr-dij] Origin

cord·age

[kawr-dij]
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.

Origin:
1480–90; cord + -age
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cordage (ˈkɔːdɪdʒ)
 
n
1.  nautical the lines and rigging of a vessel
2.  an amount of wood measured in cords

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cordage
"ropes, especially on a ship," late 15c., from Fr. cordage, from corde "cord" (see cord).
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