cordwain
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cordwain
1350–1400; Middle English cordewan < Middle French < Spanish cordován Cordovan
Example Sentences
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Cordovan, kor′do-van, Cordwain, kord′wān, n. goatskin leather, originally from Cordova in Spain.—ns.
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Cord′wainer, a worker in cordovan or cordwain: a shoemaker; Cord′wainery.
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Over the stockings he wore boots of cordwain fastened on the inside, as a protection against damp.
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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.
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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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