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cordwain

[ kawrd-weyn ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. cordovan leather.


cordwain

/ ˈkɔːdˌweɪn /

noun

  1. an archaic name for cordovan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cordwain1

1350–1400; Middle English cordewan < Middle French < Spanish cordován Cordovan
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cordwain1

C12 cordewan, from Old French cordoan, from Old Spanish cordovan Cordovan
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Example Sentences

Cord′wainer, a worker in cordovan or cordwain: a shoemaker; Cord′wainery.

Cordovan, kor′do-van, Cordwain, kord′wān, n. goatskin leather, originally from Cordova in Spain.—ns.

Over the stockings he wore boots of cordwain fastened on the inside, as a protection against damp.

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.

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.

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