cordwainn.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːdweɪn/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrdˌweɪn/

Forms: Middle English–1500s cordewan(e, -wayn(e, -weyne, ( corden), Middle English cordwane, corduane, ( corwen), 1500s cordwayne, corduain, cordwaine, cordiwin, cordowan, Middle English– cordwain. For later forms see cordovan adj. and n.

Etymology: Middle English corduan(e, cordewan(e, < Old French cordoan, -ouan, -ewan = Provençal cordoan, Italian cordovano, Old Spanish cordovan, prop. adjective ‘of Cordova’, < Spanish Cordova, Cordoba, Provençal Cordoa, French Cordoue < Latin Corduba a town of Spain, where this leather was made. (The word has also passed into the other Germanic languages; Dutch korduaan formerly kordewaen (Kilian), German, Danish corduan.)

archaic.

Spanish leather made originally at Cordova, of goat-skins tanned and dressed, but afterwards frequently of split horse-hides; = cordovan adj. and n. Much used for shoes, etc. by the higher classes during the Middle Ages.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > Cordovan leather

cordwainc1380

cordovan?1610

1128 Ordericus Vitalis Hist. Eccl. II. 453 Inde subtolares corduanos Hugo prior ei dedit.]

c1380 Antecrist in Todd 3 Treat. Wyclif 126 Bischopes wole kepe here feet ful cleene wiþ scarlett and cordewane.

c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 21 His schoon of cordewane [v.r. -wayn, -wayne, -weyne].

a1400 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 358 Newe sadeles, corden oþer tray.

a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 241 Off ffyne cordewan a goodly peyre of long pekyd schon.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 628/19 Incrustas allutam, gl. clowtyst corduane.

1483 Cath. Angl. 76 A Cordewayn [MS. A Corwen], aluta.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) ci. sig. D*iiii Me thinketh thy vysage is couered ouer w^t blacke cordewan.

1593 M. Drayton Idea viii. sig. J3^v His cockers were of Cordiwin, His hood of Meniueere.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xx. 86 Who now were willing, he had tended still The thread and cordwain.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xii. 271 Shoes of Spanish cordwain, fastened with silver buckles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cordwain
释义	cordwainn. Brit. /ˈkɔːdweɪn/, U.S. /ˈkɔrdˌweɪn/ Forms: Middle English–1500s cordewan(e, -wayn(e, -weyne, ( corden), Middle English cordwane, corduane, ( corwen), 1500s cordwayne, corduain, cordwaine, cordiwin, cordowan, Middle English– cordwain. For later forms see cordovan adj. and n. Etymology: Middle English corduan(e, cordewan(e, < Old French cordoan, -ouan, -ewan = Provençal cordoan, Italian cordovano, Old Spanish cordovan, prop. adjective ‘of Cordova’, < Spanish Cordova, Cordoba, Provençal Cordoa, French Cordoue < Latin Corduba a town of Spain, where this leather was made. (The word has also passed into the other Germanic languages; Dutch korduaan formerly kordewaen (Kilian), German, Danish corduan.) archaic. Spanish leather made originally at Cordova, of goat-skins tanned and dressed, but afterwards frequently of split horse-hides; = cordovan adj. and n. Much used for shoes, etc. by the higher classes during the Middle Ages. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > Cordovan leather cordwainc1380 cordovan?1610 1128 Ordericus Vitalis Hist. Eccl. II. 453 Inde subtolares corduanos Hugo prior ei dedit.] c1380 Antecrist in Todd 3 Treat. Wyclif 126 Bischopes wole kepe here feet ful cleene wiþ scarlett and cordewane. c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 21 His schoon of cordewane [v.r. -wayn, -wayne, -weyne]. a1400 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 358 Newe sadeles, corden oþer tray. a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 241 Off ffyne cordewan a goodly peyre of long pekyd schon. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 628/19 Incrustas allutam, gl. clowtyst corduane. 1483 Cath. Angl. 76 A Cordewayn [MS. A Corwen], aluta. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) ci. sig. Diiii Me thinketh thy vysage is couered ouer w^t blacke cordewan. 1593 M. Drayton Idea* viii. sig. J3^v His cockers were of Cordiwin, His hood of Meniueere. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xx. 86 Who now were willing, he had tended still The thread and cordwain. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xii. 271 Shoes of Spanish cordwain, fastened with silver buckles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1380
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