Very steep sections of the road were "corduroyed" - laid with logs 6 to 12 inches in diameter-to reduce erosion. ❋ Rick Spitzer Vail, CO Colorado (2009)
Here, earlier in the year, eleven bridges had been constructed, each a labor of accuracy; and perhaps as many swampy places had been "corduroyed" by carpeting them with long parallel poles. ❋ Unknown (1902)
"corduroyed" by carpeting them with long parallel poles. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)
His little corduroyed backside clambers over another fence after them. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The “main road” sometimes plunges into deep bogs, at others is roughly corduroyed by the roots of trees, and frequently hangs over the edge of abrupt and much-worn declivities, in going up one of which the baggage-horse rolled down a bank fully thirty feet high, and nearly all the tea was lost. ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)
It took them three days to lay a bridge of corduroyed branches across the river and another two to get all the wagons and ivory to the far bank. ❋ Smith, Wilbur (1964)
Despite its name, the road was imperfectly corduroyed. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (1960)
She pointed to the corduroyed road that ran west from the new buildings until it disappeared into the pine woods that grew almost to the edge of town. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (1960)
And ahead of us, in the jungle-thick hemlock that crowded the sides of the narrow road I had corduroyed through the swamp for a ricketty mile, a single wolf howled. ❋ Susan Morrow Jones (N/A)
Those who bought had to cut out the road, and making it passable for travel was hard work for years, on account of the size of the stumps and of many parts having to be corduroyed. ❋ Gordon Sellar (N/A)
I remember I warned him you hadn't got all your swamps corduroyed, and likely he couldn't drive clear into Caraquet; so he left his wagon here and borrowed a saddle from me to ride over. ❋ Susan Morrow Jones (N/A)
An attempt has been made at surfacing and ditching, and the bad places corduroyed. ❋ Harry H. Mead (N/A)
Approximately four and one-half miles of road have been corduroyed by this regiment, and a considerable part of the front line roads were drained. ❋ Harry H. Mead (N/A)
Roads were again made in our front, and again corduroyed; a line was intrenched, and the troops were advanced to the new position. ❋ David Widger (N/A)
Corinth were corduroyed and new ones made; lateral roads were also constructed, so that in case of necessity troops marching by different routes could reinforce each other. ❋ David Widger (N/A)
The country generally was in a state of nature, with innumerable swamps, with simply mud roads, nearly every mile of which had to be corduroyed. ❋ David Widger (N/A)
Therefore, heavy details of men were at once put to work to prepare a wharf and depot at Grog's Bridge, and the roads leading thereto were corduroyed in advance. ❋ David Widger (N/A)
All the men were at work corduroying the roads, using fence-rails and split saplings, and every foot of the way had thus to be corduroyed to enable the artillery and wagons to pass. ❋ David Widger (N/A)
Me: [Guess what]
[Daniela]: what
Me: You’[ve] been corduroyed!! ❋ Nadinator (2019)
[Damn]... my [corduroy pants] are [comfy] ❋ B_L_A_N_K (2006)
Hey, that corduroy [looks good]. Let's [ski] it!
I [cruised] miles of corduroy today. ❋ Sifriday (2009)
[Wooh], that guy had a corduroy [one piece] on! If only he had a beard, then he would be the [coolest guy ever]! ❋ Elliott Ayling (2008)
[Girl] your corduroys [getting] [thick] ❋ Rockcane (2017)
"Hey, it's [11/11], let's have a [Corduroy] [Day party]!" ❋ Revelveteen (2013)
My friend Jack is a really good [songwriter], but ever since [Interpol] became popular, he's gotten a [chronic] case of corduroy poisoning. ❋ Dentura Hogfloss (2005)
He's [sporting] a [smashing] pair of. [Corduroy] orbisons ❋ Jayshsam (2018)
Mary is wearing [corduroy] trousers today. Sally thinks Mary is hot, and has [done for] a while. Even though they are both straight, Mary has managed to [elicit] gay feelings from Sally, therefore Jen is wearing the corduroy. ❋ Lolololol-haha (2011)
A corduroy ninja can be caught hiding behind a [curtain] that doesn't reach all the way to the floor, cleaning his ear with an [ice pick], or jumping off a [pier] when he can't swim ❋ Reubarbarian (2011)
