Corduroy

Word CORDUROY
Character 8
Hyphenation cor du roy
Pronunciations /ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Corduroy"

What do we mean by corduroy?

A durable cut-pile fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs. noun

Pants made of corduroy. noun

A road made of logs laid down crosswise. noun

Made of a fabric with vertical ribs. adjective

Made of logs laid down crosswise. adjective

To build (a road) of logs laid down crosswise. transitive verb

In splitting a hide, to make uneven lines or spots on the flesh side of it.

To make or construct by means of small logs laid transversely, as a road.

A thick cotton stuff corded or ribbed on the surface. noun

A corduroy road. See II., 1. noun

Like corduroy; ribbed like corduroy: as, a corduroy road.

Made of corduroy.

To form of logs laid side by side. transitive verb

A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges. noun

Trousers or breeches of corduroy. noun

A roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; -- so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy. noun

A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs. noun

To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc. verb

A road made of logs laid crosswise noun

Build (a road) from logs laid side by side verb

A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.

Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.

A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.

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The word "corduroy" in example sentences

Corduroy's origins date back to the late 1700s England, not France as is widely believed, says James Pruden, a spokesman for Cotton Inc., a research and promotion nonprofit headquartered in Cary, N.C. The term corduroy is most likely a combination of the words "cord" and the now obsolete "duroy" or "deroy," meaning a woolen garment, he says. ❋ Sarah E. Needleman (2011)

The man in corduroy and dirty neckerchief no longer addressed me as ❋ Unknown (2010)

Where House Republican leader John Boehner belongs to a golf club that cost 75K to join, wears thousand dollar suits, and travels on corporate jets, he campaigns in corduroy shirts. ❋ Fred Rotondaro (2010)

At 06.27 hours on 1 January 1975, Alfred Archibald Jones was dressed in corduroy and sat in a fume-filled Cavalier Musketeer Estate face down on the steering wheel, hoping the judgement would not be too heavy upon him. ❋ Unknown (2000)

The populace had grown so hardened to artists that gruff-voiced lesbians in corduroy breeches and young men in Grecian or medieval costume could walk the streets without attracting a glance, and along the Seine banks Notre Dame it was almost impossible to pick one’s way between the sketching-stools. ❋ Unknown (1940)

"Suppose I were to dress in corduroy and run a grist mill." ❋ Unknown (1911)

To this day I can feel myself almost swooning with shame as I stood, a very small, round-faced boy in short corduroy knickers, before the two women. ❋ Unknown (1900)

Here he was, dressed in corduroy trousers and a light-blue shirt; concentrating, eyes half closed or fully shut; defined gestures; confident breath; fingers flat on the open holes of his clarinet; the muscles of his mouth tight, yet not puffing out his cheeks around the mouthpiece; his upper lip surprisingly mobile, at times seeming to inhale and swallow the top of the reed and at times curling back as if to convey its decision to keep its distance, disavow that nasty instrument, and, all of a sudden, with sovereign authority, literally cut off its breath … ❋ Bernard-Henri L (2005)

He’s calling her a sinner because according to her sins (from Leviticus) corduroy is also a sin since because it is made of wool and cotton. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Like if I hate corduroy, that is my business, not his. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A great portion of the way was over what is called a corduroy road, which is made by throwing trunks of trees into a marsh, and leaving them to settle there. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mr. D'Arcy smelled of cologne and looked pleasantly stuffed — taxidermy in corduroy. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Llamas are pretty holiday-neutral, as I understand it, unless you are celebrating a llama day also known as a corduroy day. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The commencement of the journey from the farm of disembarkation lay along what is known as corduroy boards. ❋ Bruce Bairnsfather (N/A)

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