Ropes or cords collectively, especially the rigging of a ship or the system of ropes and cords used in construction or equipment.
From Middle English and Old French 'cordage,' derived from 'corde' (rope) plus the suffix -age meaning 'collection of.' The term entered English maritime vocabulary in the 14th century.
A large sailing ship needed hundreds of miles of cordage—sailors had detailed names for each rope's purpose, and knowing which line to grab in a storm was literally life-or-death knowledge!
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