CORDWAIN
Etymology
Noun
cordwain (countable and uncountable, plural cordwains)
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
Synonyms
• cordovan
Source: Wiktionary
Cord"wain (krd"wn), n. Etym: [OE. cordewan, cordian, OF. cordoan, cordouan, fr. Sp. cordoban. See Cordovan.]
Definition: A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like. Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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