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adj
Of a road, path, etc., paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
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Synonyms: kill-the-beggar
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noun
A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cord
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
Narrower terms: Bedford cord, narrow wale, wide wale
noun
a road made of logs laid crosswise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: road, route
verb
build (a road) from logs laid side by side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: construct, build, make
History
Origin uncertain. Probably from cord + duroy (“a 17th century coarse fabric made in England”). Probably not from French *corde du roi (“cloth of the king”), which is unattested in French, where the term for the corduroy is velours côtelé. Possibly from cordesoy from corde de soie (“rope of silk or silk-like fabric”), named for example in a 1756 advertisement for clothing fabrics; see Wikipedia article, and comparable in language form to the contemporary serg(e)dusoys (“silk serge”), see Serge (fabric).
Across languages
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