CORDUROYED

Verb

corduroyed

simple past tense and past participle of corduroy

Adjective

corduroyed (not comparable)

Having a ribbed pattern, like corduroy.

Source: Wiktionary


CORDUROY

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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