A rope or line used in fishing, especially one attached to cod fishing equipment or nets.
From cod + line, combining the name of the fish with the word for a rope or string. Emerged from nautical terminology in fishing communities.
Medieval fishermen developed specialized vocabulary for every piece of equipment—codline was specific enough that knots and techniques were tied (literally and figuratively) to this exact term.
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