Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)Cord (of any type) when viewed as a mass or commodity.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging.

    сна́стиsnásti, такела́жtakeláž

    the ropes in the rigging of a ship

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)An amount of wood measured in cords.

    the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
set of ropes and cords:

Origin

Borrowed from French cordage.

Borrowed from French cordage.

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Forms

plural: cordages
Singularcordage
Pluralcordages

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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