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cordwaining, vbl. n.|ˈkɔːdweɪnɪŋ| [f. cordwainer + -ing1.] The art or craft of the cordwainer; cordwainery.
1758in L. Chalkley Chron. Settlem. Virginia (1912) I. 470 Binds himself..to learn cord waining. 1812Sporting Mag. XL. 13, I entertain the most exalted ideas of the ingenious ‘art and craft of cordwaining’. 1900Daily News 17 Oct. 6/2 He was initiated at his father's house of business..into the mysteries of cordwaining. 1901W. J. Locke Usurper xv, I think I shall learn to make boots. Have you any professors of cordwaining at Greybrooke, Alicia? |