So Juan stood, bewildered on the deck: / The wind sung, cordage strained, and sailors swore […]
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Cordage
Synonyms for "cordage" (21 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- такелаж noun (set of ropes and cords)
Catalan
2 entries- cordam noun (set of ropes and cords)
- cordatge noun (set of ropes and cords)
Finnish
1 entries- köysistö noun (set of ropes and cords)
French
1 entries- cordage noun (set of ropes and cords)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֲבָלִים noun (set of ropes and cords)
Ido
1 entries- kordagaro noun (set of ropes and cords)
Italian
1 entries- cordame noun (set of ropes and cords)
Portuguese
2 entries- cordagem noun (set of ropes and cords)
- cordame noun (set of ropes and cords)
Russian
2 entries- сна́сти noun (set of ropes and cords)
- такела́ж noun (set of ropes and cords)
Spanish
1 entries- cordaje noun (set of ropes and cords)
Swedish
2 entries- tågverk noun (set of ropes and cords)
- tågvirke noun (set of ropes and cords)
Turkish
1 entries- selviçe noun (set of ropes and cords)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
[…] 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 […]
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Boatswain Marsham fell to work overhauling the bolts of sail-cloth and the hanks of cordage and the coils of rope, till he had found a new foresail and laid it under the hatch, and had placed great ropes and such cordage as headlines and marlines and sennets so that a man could lay hands on them in a time of haste and confusion.
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A lone river wind sighed in the cordage of the ship.
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