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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords;

2. the ropes in the rigging of a ship;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cordage \Cord"age\ (k[^o]rd"[asl]j), n. [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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cordage n 1: the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords 2: the ropes in the rigging of a ship
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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