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

• (a set of ropes used on a ship): buntline, clewline, cringle, cunningham, downhaul, footrope, guy, halyard, horse, lift, outhaul, sheet, shroud, stay, tack

Translations

French

Etymology

corde +‎ -age

Noun

cordage m ‎(plural cordages)

1. rope (especially, for a vessel)