codline

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a strong 18-thread line, used in cod fishing and also as an all-purpose cord.

Quotations

1800

My horse . . . is a headstrong, powerful beast and requires a strong double codline to hold him.

1934

. . . two Indians walked along the shore towing, or "tracking" the boat with a long cod-line.

1958

Oars, cod-line, coffee-can and all, the hand-liner is gone now.