cordwain
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cordwain
1350–1400; Middle English cordewan < Middle French < Spanish cordován Cordovan
Example Sentences
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Cord′wainer, a worker in cordovan or cordwain: a shoemaker; Cord′wainery.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Guido Bonatti see: Asdente mark, Who now were willing, he had tended still The thread and cordwain; and too late repents.
From The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 07 by Cary, Henry Francis
Another old kind of leather, but whose name is no longer used, was cordwain, a Spanish leather for the making of shoes, which took its name from Cordova in Spain.
From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)
Over the stockings he wore boots of cordwain fastened on the inside, as a protection against damp.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings by Vasari, Giorgio
The gown she pat upon her love Was o’ the dainty green, His hose was o’ the saft, saft silk, His shoon o’ the cordwain fine.
From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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