cordage

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːdɪdʒ/

Noun

cordage (plural cordages)

1. (deprecated template usage) (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. (deprecated template usage) (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, halyard, horse, lift, sheet, shroud, stay, tack

Translations

set of ropes and cords

• Bulgarian: такелаж (bg) m (takelaž)
• Finnish: köysistö
• French: cordage (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: kordagaro (io)
• Russian: сна́сти pl (snásti), такела́ж (ru) m (takeláž)

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French

Noun

cordage m (plural cordages)

1. rope (especially, for a vessel)

External links

• “cordage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.