corduroy
noun
- a heavy cotton fabric with a piled, velvety surface, ribbed vertically
- trousers made of this fabric
adjective
- made of, or ribbed like, corduroy
- ☆ made of logs laid crosswise: a corduroy road
See corduroy in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kôrˈdə-roiˌ)
noun- A durable cut-pile fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
- corduroys Trousers made of corduroy.
- A road made of logs laid down crosswise.
adjective- Made of a fabric with vertical ribs.
- Made of logs laid down crosswise: a corduroy road.
transitive verb cor·du·royed,
cor·du·roy·ing,
cor·du·roys To build (a road) of logs laid down crosswise.
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