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

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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

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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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