cordage

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cordage
    n 1: the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords
    2: the ropes in the rigging of a ship

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cordage \Cord"age\ (k[^o]rd"[asl]j), n. [F. cordage. See
   {Cord}.]
   Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or
   cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist
   of ropes.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "cordage":
      accommodation, burden, capacity, content, cording, gear, limit,
      measure, poundage, quantity, rigging, room, ropework, roping,
      space, stowage, tack, tackle, tonnage, volume

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