Cordage

n.

1.

Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.

Noun	1.	cordage - the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords
	2.	cordage - the ropes in the rigging of a ship

accommodation, burden, capacity, content, cording, gear, limit, measure, poundage, quantity, rigging, room, ropework, roping, space, stowage, tack, tackle, tonnage, volume