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corduroy definition

cor·du·roy (kôr′də ro̵i′)

noun

  1. a heavy cotton fabric with a piled, velvety surface, ribbed vertically
  2. trousers made of this fabric

Etymology: prob. < cord + obs. duroy, a coarse fabric formerly produced in England: hence, corded duroy

adjective

  1. made of, or ribbed like, corduroy
  2. ☆ made of logs laid crosswise a corduroy road

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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