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单词 cordwain
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cordwain

[ kawrd-weyn ]
/ ˈkɔrd weɪn /

noun Archaic.

cordovan leather.

Origin of cordwain

1350–1400; Middle English cordewan<Middle French <Spanish cordovánCordovan

Words nearby cordwain

Cordran, cords, corduroy, corduroy road, corduroys, cordwain, cordwainer, cordwood, core, Corea, core barrel
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Example sentences from the Web for cordwain

  • Cord′wainer, a worker in cordovan or cordwain: a shoemaker; Cord′wainery.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

  • Over the stockings he wore boots of cordwain fastened on the inside, as a protection against damp.

    Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors &amp; Architects|Giorgio Vasari

British Dictionary definitions for cordwain

cordwain
/ (ˈkɔːdˌweɪn) /

noun

an archaic name for cordovan

Word Origin for cordwain

C12 cordewan, from Old French cordoan, from Old Spanish cordovan Cordovan
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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