Crossword-Solution: CORDAGES 8 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 12

The scene was brisk; the cranes creaked and swung incessantly with a rattle of chains; stevedores and wharfingers toiled and perspired; boatswains and dock-masters shouted orders, drays rumbled, the water lapped at the piles; a group of sailors, painting the flanks of one of the great ships, raised an occasional chanty; the trade wind sang aeolian in the cordages, filling the air with the nimble taint of salt.

Ajoutez a ces munitions, le plomb, le fer, et le fer-blanc, les cordages, tout ce qui sert aux mineurs, le souphre, le salpetre, les outils de toute espece.

Upon his portly figure in front he was supporting the big drum, which was securely strapped round his shoulders with tarred cordages, the spoil of some fishing vessel.

Ils marchent cependant! Et quand sur cette mer, las de chercher sa route, Du firmament splendide il explore la voûte, Des astres inconnus s'y lèvent à ses yeux; Et, moins triste, aux parfums qui soufflent des rivages, Au jour tiède et doré qui glisse des cordages, Il sent qu'il a changé de cieux.

Besides clothesline and other such familiar and domestic twistings, there are great cordages scarce kinsmen to them, which will later put to sea and will whistle with shrill enjoyment at their release.