Corduroy definition
A corduroy road.
A corduroy road.
Origin of corduroy
- Probably from cord obsolete duroy a coarse woolen fabric
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Origin uncertain. Likely from cord + duroy (“name of a 17th century coarse fabric made in England”). Likely not from French corde du roi ("cloth of the king"), which is unattested in French, where the term for the "cloth of the king" was velours côtelé.
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