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cordwain

[ kawrd-weyn ]

noun

Archaic.
  1. cordovan leather.


cordwain

/ ˈ°ìɔ˻åËŒ·É±ðɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. an archaic name for cordovan
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cordwain1

1350–1400; Middle English cordewan < Middle French < Spanish ³¦´Ç°ù»å´Ç±¹Ã¡²Ô Cordovan
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cordwain1

C12 cordewan, from Old French cordoan, from Old Spanish cordovan Cordovan
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Cord′wainer, a worker in cordovan or cordwain: a shoemaker; Cord′wainery.

From

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

From

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

From

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

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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