cordage
Americannoun
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fiber and wire ropes, lines, hawsers, etc., taken as a whole, especially with reference to the rigging and other equipment of a vessel.
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a quantity of wood measured in cords.
noun
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nautical the lines and rigging of a vessel
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an amount of wood measured in cords
Etymology
Origin of cordage
Example Sentences
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Among the most esteemed was the National Cordage Co., or the “cordage trust,” which controlled 90% of the U.S. rope market, then a leading industry.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024
The end came for Cordage on May 5, when it abruptly announced that it had been given over to bankruptcy receivers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024
Cordage is one of the most important tools one can possess in the wilderness.
From The Guardian • May 18, 2015
For housewives plagued by sagging clotheslines, Louisville's Puritan Cordage Mills began national sale of a line which stays taut.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the night of Thursday, May 5, officials of the National Cordage Company, a trust that controlled 80 percent of America’s rope production, placed itself in receivership.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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