From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcordagecord‧age /ˈkɔːdɪdʒ $ ˈkɔːr-/ noun [uncountable] TTWrope or cord in general, especially on a ship
Examples from the Corpus
cordage• Still we did not have enough cordage.• The shrinkage of cordage and textiles is much the same in principle as that of wood. 