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CORDUROY
cord, corduroy
(noun) a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
corduroy
(noun) a road made of logs laid crosswise
corduroy
(verb) build (a road) from logs laid side by side
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
corduroy (countable and uncountable, plural corduroys)
A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
(obsolete, Ireland, slang) Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.
A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.
Verb
corduroy (third-person singular simple present corduroys, present participle corduroying, simple past and past participle corduroyed)
To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Cor"du*roy` (kr"d-roi` or kr"d-roi"), n. Etym: [Prob. for F. corde du roi king's cord.]
1. A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.
2. pl.
Definition: Trousers or breeches of corduroy. Corduroy road, a roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; -- so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy. [U.S.]
Cor"du*roy`, v. t.
Definition: To form of logs laid side by side. "Roads were corduroyed." Gemn. W.T. Sherman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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