CORDOVAN


Meaning of CORDOVAN in English

[ 'kɔ:dəv(ə)n ]

■ noun a kind of soft leather made originally from goatskin and now from horse hide.

Origin

C16: from Sp. cordován , former spelling of cordobán 'of Cordoba' (a city in southern Spain).

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