diff --git a/lib/zip/central_directory.rb b/lib/zip/central_directory.rb
index 3d3cd1a3..4ea444d4 100644
--- a/lib/zip/central_directory.rb
+++ b/lib/zip/central_directory.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require 'forwardable'
+
 module Zip
   class CentralDirectory
+    extend Forwardable
+
     END_OF_CDS             = 0x06054b50
     ZIP64_END_OF_CDS       = 0x06064b50
     ZIP64_EOCD_LOCATOR     = 0x07064b50
@@ -14,12 +18,9 @@ class CentralDirectory
 
     attr_accessor :comment
 
-    attr_reader :entry_set
-
-    # Returns an Enumerable containing the entries.
-    def entries
-      @entry_set.entries
-    end
+    def_delegators :@entry_set,
+                   :<<, :delete, :each, :entries, :find_entry, :glob,
+                   :include?, :size
 
     def initialize(entries = EntrySet.new, comment = '') #:nodoc:
       super()
@@ -220,17 +221,6 @@ def start_buf(io)
       io.read
     end
 
-    # For iterating over the entries.
-    def each(&a_proc)
-      @entry_set.each(&a_proc)
-    end
-
-    # Returns the number of entries in the central directory (and
-    # consequently in the zip archive).
-    def size
-      @entry_set.size
-    end
-
     # Reads the End of Central Directory Record (and the Zip64 equivalent if
     # needs be) and returns the number of entries in the archive. This is a
     # convenience method that avoids reading in all of the entry data to get a
diff --git a/lib/zip/file.rb b/lib/zip/file.rb
index 109cd86a..930015d6 100644
--- a/lib/zip/file.rb
+++ b/lib/zip/file.rb
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def initialize(path_or_io, create: false, buffer: false, **options)
         raise Error, "File #{@name} not found"
       end
 
-      @stored_entries      = @cdir.entry_set.dup
+      @stored_entries      = @cdir.entries.map(&:dup)
       @stored_comment      = @cdir.comment
       @restore_ownership   = options[:restore_ownership]
       @restore_permissions = options[:restore_permissions]
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def get_output_stream(entry, permissions: nil, comment: nil,
       end
       new_entry.unix_perms = permissions
       zip_streamable_entry = StreamableStream.new(new_entry)
-      @cdir.entry_set << zip_streamable_entry
+      @cdir << zip_streamable_entry
       zip_streamable_entry.get_output_stream(&a_proc)
     end
 
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def add(entry, src_path, &continue_on_exists_proc)
                   end
       new_entry.gather_fileinfo_from_srcpath(src_path)
       new_entry.dirty = true
-      @cdir.entry_set << new_entry
+      @cdir << new_entry
     end
 
     # Convenience method for adding the contents of a file to the archive
@@ -264,16 +264,16 @@ def add_stored(entry, src_path, &continue_on_exists_proc)
 
     # Removes the specified entry.
     def remove(entry)
-      @cdir.entry_set.delete(get_entry(entry))
+      @cdir.delete(get_entry(entry))
     end
 
     # Renames the specified entry.
     def rename(entry, new_name, &continue_on_exists_proc)
       found_entry = get_entry(entry)
       check_entry_exists(new_name, continue_on_exists_proc, 'rename')
-      @cdir.entry_set.delete(found_entry)
+      @cdir.delete(found_entry)
       found_entry.name = new_name
-      @cdir.entry_set << found_entry
+      @cdir << found_entry
     end
 
     # Replaces the specified entry with the contents of src_path (from
@@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ def commit_required?
       @cdir.each do |e|
         return true if e.dirty
       end
-      comment != @stored_comment || @cdir.entry_set != @stored_entries || @create
+      comment != @stored_comment || entries != @stored_entries || @create
     end
 
     # Searches for entry with the specified name. Returns nil if
     # no entry is found. See also get_entry
     def find_entry(entry_name)
-      selected_entry = @cdir.entry_set.find_entry(entry_name)
+      selected_entry = @cdir.find_entry(entry_name)
       return if selected_entry.nil?
 
       selected_entry.restore_ownership   = @restore_ownership
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def find_entry(entry_name)
     # `::File::FNM_PATHNAME | ::File::FNM_DOTMATCH | ::File::FNM_EXTGLOB`,
     # which will be overridden if you set your own flags.
     def glob(*args, &block)
-      @cdir.entry_set.glob(*args, &block)
+      @cdir.glob(*args, &block)
     end
 
     # Searches for an entry just as find_entry, but throws Errno::ENOENT
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ def mkdir(entry_name, permission = 0o755)
 
       entry_name = entry_name.dup.to_s
       entry_name << '/' unless entry_name.end_with?('/')
-      @cdir.entry_set << ::Zip::StreamableDirectory.new(@name, entry_name, nil, permission)
+      @cdir << ::Zip::StreamableDirectory.new(@name, entry_name, nil, permission)
     end
 
     private
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ def directory?(new_entry, src_path)
 
     def check_entry_exists(entry_name, continue_on_exists_proc, proc_name)
       continue_on_exists_proc ||= proc { Zip.continue_on_exists_proc }
-      return unless @cdir.entry_set.include?(entry_name)
+      return unless @cdir.include?(entry_name)
 
       if continue_on_exists_proc.call
         remove get_entry(entry_name)