cordage

3 definitions found

cordage - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

cordage - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

cordage - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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