What does cordage mean?

Definitions for cordage
ˈkɔr dɪdʒcordage

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cordagenoun

    the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords

  2. cordagenoun

    the ropes in the rigging of a ship

Wiktionary

  1. cordagenoun

    A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging.

  2. cordagenoun

    An amount of wood measured in cords.

  3. Etymology: From cordage.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cordagenoun

    A quantity of cords; the ropes of a ship.

    Etymology: from cord.

    They fastened their ships to the ground, and rid at anchor with cables of iron chains, having neither canvas nor cordage. Walter Raleigh, Essay 1.

    Spain furnished a sort of rush called spartum, useful for cordage and other parts of shipping. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

    To the cordage glued
    The sailor, and the pilot to the helm. James Thomson, Winter.

ChatGPT

  1. cordage

    Cordage refers to ropes, strings, or cords made from various types of fiber, often used in crafting, building, sailing, or other activities requiring binding or fastening materials.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cordagenoun

    ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes

  2. Etymology: [F. cordage. See Cord.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. cordage

    A general term for the running-rigging of a ship, as also for rope of any size which is kept in reserve, and for all stuff to make ropes.--Cable-laid cordage. Ropes, the three strands of which are composed of three other strands, as are cables and cablets. (See ROPE.)

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cordage in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cordage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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