corduroy
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cor·du·roy
(kôr′də-roi′)n.
1. A durable cut-pile fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
2. corduroys Pants made of corduroy.
3. A road made of logs laid down crosswise.
adj.
1. Made of a fabric with vertical ribs.
2. Made of logs laid down crosswise: a corduroy road.
tr.v. cor·du·royed, cor·du·roy·ing, cor·du·roys
To build (a road) of logs laid down crosswise.
[Probably from cord + obsolete duroy, a coarse woolen fabric.]
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corduroy
(ˈkɔːdəˌrɔɪ; ˌkɔːdəˈrɔɪ)n
(Textiles)
a. a heavy cotton pile fabric with lengthways ribs
b. (as modifier): a corduroy coat.
[C18: perhaps from the proper name Corderoy]
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cor•du•roy
(ˈkɔr dəˌrɔɪ, ˌkɔr dəˈrɔɪ)n.
1. a cotton-filling pile fabric with lengthwise cords or ridges.
2. corduroys, trousers made of this fabric.
adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or resembling corduroy.
4. constructed of logs laid together transversely, as a road across swampy ground.
v.t. 5. to form (a road or the like) by laying logs transversely.
[1780–90; perhaps cord + duroy, deroy (now obsolete) a woolen fabric originating in W England; later taken as French cord du roy the king's cord, though the fabric had no connection with France]
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| Noun | 1. | corduroy - a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton Bedford cord - a heavy corded fabric similar to corduroy; used for clothing cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" narrow wale - corduroy with narrow ribs wide wale - corduroy with wide ribs |
| 2. | corduroy - a road made of logs laid crosswise | |
| Verb | 1. | corduroy - build (a road) from logs laid side by side |
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