CORDUROY


Meaning of CORDUROY in English

[cor.du.roy] n, pl -roys [origin unknown] (ca. 1791) 1 a pl: trousers of corduroy fabric b: a durable usu. cotton pile fabric with vertical ribs or wales

2: logs laid side by side transversely to make a road surface

[2]corduroy vt -royed ; -roy.ing (1854): to build (a road) of logs laid side by side transversely; also: to build a corduroy road across

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