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cordovan, a. and n.|ˈkɔːdəvæn|
Also (6 corduban), 7 cordovant, 7–8 -devan, -divan, -devant -divant, (cordiaunt), and with capital initial.
[a. Sp. cordován (now cordobán) ‘cordouan or Spanish leather’ (Minsheu 1599); cordováno adj., of Cordova. The same word as cordwain, but adopted directly from Sp. at a later date. Originally, and still dialectally, cordoˈvan; the forms in -ant appear to be owing to false analogy; perh. to association with van-, avan-, as weakened form of avant-.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Cordova; made of the leather there manufactured.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Taperados, the inside of a cordouan skin turned outwards. 1618Fletcher Loyal Subj. iv. vii, You musk-cat, Cordevan-skin! 1676G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. iii, I..was almost poison'd with a pair of Cordivant gloves he wears. 1828Scott F.M. Perth iv, His walking boots were of cordovan leather. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xlii, She removed the cordovan leather from the grand piano.
B. n.
1. One who belongs to Cordova (L. Corduba).
1599Bp. Hall Sat. i. iii. 29 The famous Corduban.
2. Cordovan leather; = cordwain.
a1625Fletcher Faithf. Sheph. i. i, Hanging scrip of finest cordevan. 1651Ogilby æsop (1665) 114 In Cordovant at leisure walk the Street. 1708Motteux Rabelais iv. vi. (1737) 23 Of their Skins the best Cordivant will be made. 1811A. Scott Poems, Rural Content iv, But now they're flung by, an' I've bought cordovan. 1875Ure Dict. Arts III. 96 In..leather whose grain is tender, as cordovan, which is manufactured from horse-hides.
†3. A skin of this leather. Obs.
c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. Vote poem, No Roman perfumes, Buffs or Cordovans. 1727W. Mather Yng. Man's Comp. 407 Goat-Skins undrest, Cordevants. 1750Beawes Lex Mercat. (1752) 734 Red and yellow Cordouans. |