Cordovan

cor·do·van

of Córdoba
[c-] made of cordovan

Origin of Cordovan

from Spanish cordobán, after Córdoba

a person born or living in Córdoba
[c-] a fine-grained, colored leather, usually of split horsehide, but orig. made of goatskin at Córdoba, Spain
[c-] [pl.] shoes made of this leather

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cordovan

noun

A fine leather originally made of goatskin but now more frequently of split horsehide.

Origin of cordovan

Spanish cordován from Córdova , Córdoba, Spain

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural cordovans)

a leather from Córdoba originally of tanned goatskin later of horsehide.

Adjective

oxblood (the col)

Origin

from Córdova or Córdoba a Spanish town.

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