Cordage [noun]

All round her the dark water boiled and roared, and the blast shrieked through the cordage with hollow tremors.

All the ancient civilized peoples used ropes and cordage, made from such flexible materials as their countries afforded.

The development of the self-binding reaper on our western grain-fields has opened a gold mine for Sisal cordage.

As above said, it is indispensable to protect cordage exposed to the effects of moisture, except in the case of coir ropes.

Shattered bulwarks, ragged rents in the hulls, sails in tatters and drooping cordage told the story of the desperate battle.

The principal articles of manufacture have long been sailcloth, cordage, linen and fishing-nets.

The merest broken plank or rag of cordage was a treasure in his eyes to be secured at the peril of his life.

What benefite heereof may growe in cordage and linnens who can not easily vnderstand?

Sails rent and cordage strained tell tales of many storm-gusts, or, perchance, of one tornado; and see!

Beautiful crystals of ice in the form of rosettes and small fern-fronds were deposited on the cordage of the sail and mast.