corduroy

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(kôr′də ro̵i′)

noun

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

Origin: 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

See corduroy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A durable cut-pile fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
  2. corduroys Trousers made of corduroy.
  3. A road made of logs laid down crosswise.
adjective
  1. Made of a fabric with vertical ribs.
  2. 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.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from cord

Origin: + obsolete duroy, a coarse woolen fabric

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