Cordage

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cordage \Cord"age\ (k[^o]rd"[asl]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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "cordage":
     accommodation, burden, capacity, content, cording, gear, limit,
     measure, poundage, quantity, rigging, room, ropework, roping,
     space, stowage, tack, tackle, tonnage, volume