Cultural Artefact
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Cordage |
| Cordage was the name given to a ships running rigging, that is, the rigging used to hoist, lower or otherwise manipulate the sails. The term was also used to describe spare running rigging stored aboard a vessel. Detailed information about rigging may be found in South Sea's edition of William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine |
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Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004 Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au Prepared by: Paul Turnbull Updated: 28 June 2004 To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-P000035 |