[cor.do.van] adj [OSp cordovano, fr. Cordova (now Cordoba), Spain] (1591) 1 cap: of or relating to Cordoba and esp. Cordoba, Spain
2: made of cordovan leather
[2]cordovan n (ca. 1625) 1: a soft fine-grained colored leather
2: dense nonporous leather tanned from the inner layer of horsehide