CORDUROY


Meaning of CORDUROY in English

n.1 a thick cotton fabric with velvety ribs.

2 (in pl.) corduroy trousers.

Phrases and idioms:

corduroy road a road made of tree-trunks laid across a swamp.

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.