/kawr"deuh roy', kawr'deuh roy"/ , n.
1. a cotton-filling pile fabric with lengthwise cords or ridges.
2. corduroys , trousers made of this fabric.
adj.
3. of, pertaining to, or resembling corduroy.
4. constructed of logs laid together transversely, as a road across swampy ground.
v.t.
5. to form (a road or the like) by laying logs transversely.
6. to make a corduroy road across or along.
[ 1780-90; perh. CORD (cf. CORDS) + duroy, deroy (now obs.) a woolen fabric originating in W England; later taken as F cord du roy the king's cords, though the fabric had no connection with France ]