cordage

A general term for the running-rigging of a ship, as also for rope of any size which is kept in reserve, and for all stuff to make ropes.

♦ Cable-laid cordage. Ropes, the three strands of which are composed of three other strands, as are cables and cablets. (See rope.)

Cordage
·noun Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigg...

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cordage-tree
n. name given in Tasmania to a Kurrajong (q.v.). The name Sida pulchella hasbeen superseded by Plag...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris