Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Cords or ropes, especially the ropes in the rigging of a ship.
- noun The amount of wood in an area as measured in cords.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ropes and cords, in a collective sense; especially, the ropes or cords in the rigging of a ship; hence, something resembling ropes, as twisted, roots or vines.
- noun The quantity of wood, in cords, on a given area of land.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A set of
ropes andcords , especially that used for aship 'srigging . - noun obsolete An amount of
wood measured incords .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords
- noun the ropes in the rigging of a ship
Etymologies
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Examples
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The researchers have also recovered fragments of knotted "cordage" - woven seagrass - that might have been used to make fishing nets.
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Although the projected use of the fiber in the southern United States is for producing newsprint, a major current product from the plant is cordage, which is used for carpet pads, twine, rope, and fiber bags.
Chapter 10 1990
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Usually one of these dead-eyes is held by an iron strap to the point where it is required to fix and strain the cordage, which is ordinarily a shroud.
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The coarser parts are used for cordage, which is very serviceable.
Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859
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They likewise make another sort of cordage, which is flat, and exceedingly strong, and used principally in lashing the roofing of their houses, or whatever they wish to fasten tight together.
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They alfo manufadture another fort of cordage, which is flat, and extremely fl: rong, and is prin - cipally ufed for the purpofe of lalhing the roofs of their houfes.
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They calked the seams with the long moss which hung in profusion from the neighboring trees; the pines supplied them with pitch; the Indians made for them a kind of cordage; and for sails they sewed together their shirts and bedding.
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Indians showed them how to make a kind of cordage, and their shirts and bedding were sewn together into sails.
French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson
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The fibrous rind is not less useful; it is manufactured into a kind of cordage, mats and floor-cloths.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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Even then he left on board much that might be useful in case of emergency, such as cordage, sails, and clothing that had belonged to the sailors.
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