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Definition of Cordage
1. Noun. The amount of wood in an area as measured in cords.
2. Noun. The ropes in the rigging of a ship.
Definition of Cordage
1. n. Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
Definition of Cordage
1. Noun. (nautical) A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) An amount of wood measured in cords. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cordage
1. the amount of wood in an area [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordage
Literary usage of Cordage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Corporate Promotions and Reorganizations by Arthur Stone Dewing (1914)
"CHAPTER VI THE REORGANIZATIONS OF THE cordage CONSOLIDATIONS Effect of the failure
of the National cordage Co.,; first reorganization plan, 142; ..."
2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1854)
"COTTON CANVAS AND COTTON cordage. The following communication of an intelligent
correspondent of the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin, showing the advantages ..."
3. The Great industries of the United States: being an historical summary of by Horace Greeley (1873)
"cordage is the general term for all kinds of hemp rope, from cables twelve inches
in circumference, and weighing more than three thousand pounds in a length ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"That he the defendant, shall not in -his lifetime carry on the business of a
rope-maker, or make cordage for any person or persons whomsoever, ..."
5. American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century by Edward Stanwood (1903)
"The cordage and hemp duties elicited a debate on the policy of an impost on ...
The proposition before the committee originally was to lay a duty on cordage ..."
6. The Island of Formosa, Past and Present: History, People, Resources, and by James Wheeler Davidson (1903)
"Has yielded good fibre for cordage. cordage. Slid rib of leaf stated to yield fibre.
Mats. ... Fibre found good for cordage. Fibre found good for cordage. ..."
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