Definition of "cordage"

cordage

/ˈkɔːdɪdʒ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural cordages
1. (uncountable) Cord (of any type) when viewed as a mass or commodity.
2. (nautical) A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging.
  Quotations
  So Juan stood, bewildered on the deck: / The wind sung, cordage strained, and sailors swore […]
  1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], canto II, stanza 13
  […] as the old craft deep dived into the green seas, and sent the shivering frost all over her, and the winds howled, and the cordage rang […]
  1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 22”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley
  A lone river wind sighed in the cordage of the ship.
  1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 151
3. (obsolete) An amount of wood measured in cords.