Examples of cordage in a Sentence

a company that produced cordage for ships

Recent Examples on the Web Teach them how to make a friction fire with sticks and cordage. — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022 At the beginning of his journey into making a burden basket, Manuel practiced with cotton cordage to work on the weaving technique, an important part the process. — AZCentral.com, 2 July 2021 Visitors will also be able to participate in outdoor demonstrations like tule mat weaving, acorn grinding and cordage making. — Alex Schechter, New York Times, 14 May 2021 Some came from wood or cordage still attached to spearpoints; others came from charcoal, wood, or bone found at mines and human burials. — David Malakoff, Science | AAAS, 19 Mar. 2021 After all, that stretch of cordage may be all that stands between you and your phone dropping overboard or into a fast current. — Field & Stream, 5 Jan. 2021 Manuel carefully coils cordage made with agave fibers into a traditional O’odham burden basket. — AZCentral.com, 17 Dec. 2020 The blanket might have been created all at once, but the authors surmise that additional lengths of cordage and feather batches were probably added over time. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2020 And for the more plant-knowledgeable survivor, inner bark fiber from certain trees can be twisted into two-ply cordage of any length and thickness. — Popular Science, 31 Aug. 2020 See More

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