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Definition of Corduroy

1. Noun. A cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton.

2. Verb. Build (a road) from logs laid side by side.

3. Noun. A road made of logs laid crosswise.

Definition of Corduroy

1. n. A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.

2. v. t. To form of logs laid side by side.

Definition of Corduroy

1. Noun. A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs. ¹

2. Verb. To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corduroy

1. to build a type of road [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corduroy

cordoned cordoned off cordoning cordoning off cordonnet cordonnets cordons cordons off cordons sanitaires cordopexy

cordotomies cordotomy cordovan cordovans cords corduroy (current term) corduroy road corduroyed corduroying corduroylike

corduroys cordwain cordwainer cordwaineries cordwainers cordwainery cordwains cordwood cordwoods cordy pulse

Literary usage of Corduroy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin M (1906)
"corduroy. In the swamp lands of the state there are many soft springy ... These have usually been crossed by the use of corduroy, and it would be hard to ..."

2. Three Years in Canada: An Account of the Actual State of the Country in 1826 by John Mactaggart (1829)
"corduroy Roads and Bridges. In too many places in Canada the roads are carried over broad swamps and wide gullies, on round logs of wood, or rather trees, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"corduroy - road (American and Australian), a road made of branches and logs laid side by side. The branches stand ont like the ribs of corduroy. ..."

4. Sylvestra by Annie Raine Ellis (1881)
"How much early happiness is hindered by girls not being clad in corduroy ! To all intents these girls were clad in corduroy, and their pleasures were ..."

5. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society by James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood (1904)
"Ancient corduroy Roads near Gilpin Bridge. By JA BARNES. ... A FRAGMENT of corduroy road was brought to light in 1897 or 1898, when the peat cutters ..."

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