CORDWAINER


Meaning of CORDWAINER in English

[ 'kɔ:dweɪnə ]

■ noun archaic a shoemaker (still used in the names of guilds).

Origin

ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. cordewaner , from OFr. cordewan (see cordovan ).

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.