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Webster 1913 Edition


Cordage

Cord′age

(kôrd′ā̍j)
,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cordage

CORDAGE

,
Noun.
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.

Definition 2024


cordage

cordage

English

Noun

cordage (plural cordages)

  1. (nautical) A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.13:
      So Juan stood, bewildered on the deck: / The wind sung, cordage strained, and sailors swore [...].
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 22
      [...] as the old craft deep dived into the green seas, and sent the shivering frost all over her, and the winds howled, and the cordage rang [...]
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 151:
      A lone river wind sighed in the cordage of the ship.
  2. (obsolete) An amount of wood measured in cords.

Holonyms

  • (a set of ropes used on a ship): rigging

Hyponyms

Translations


French

Etymology

corde + -age

Noun

cordage m (plural cordages)

  1. rope (especially, for a vessel)