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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cordage \Cord"age\ (k[^o]rd"[asl]j), noun [F. cordage. See {Cord}.] 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cordage
noun
1: the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords
2: the ropes in the rigging of a ship
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "cordage": accommodation, burden, capacity, content, cording, gear, limit, measure, poundage, quantity, rigging, room, ropework, roping, space, stowage, tack, tackle, tonnage, volume
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