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Cordage vs Fordage - What's the difference?

cordage | fordage |

As nouns the difference between cordage and fordage

is that cordage is (nautical) a set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging while fordage is the act of fording a river, etc.

cordage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.13:
    • So Juan stood, bewildered on the deck: / The wind sung, cordage strained, and sailors swore [...].
  • *1851 ,
    • [...] 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 [...]
  • *1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 151:
  • *:A lone river wind sighed in the cordage of the ship.
  • (obsolete) An amount of wood measured in cords.

    • fordage

    English

    Noun

  • The act of fording a river, etc.
  • A point at which fording a river, etc. is possible.