CORDUROY


Meaning of CORDUROY in English

n. 1 a thick cotton fabric with velvety ribs. 2 (in pl.) corduroy trousers. corduroy road a road made of tree-trunks laid across a swamp.

[ 18th c.: prob. f. CORD ribbed fabric + obs. duroy coarse woollen fabric ]

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