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||Cor`don`net" (k?r`d?n`n?"), n.
[F., dim. of cordon. See Cardon.] Doubled and
twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels,
fringes, etc. McElrath.

Cor"do*van (kôr"d&osl;*v>acr/n),
n. [Sp. cordoban, fr. Cordova,
or Cordoba, in Spain. Cf. Cordwain.] Same as
Cordwain. In England the name is applied to leather made
from horsehide.

Cor"du*roy` (kôr"d&usl;*roi` or
kôr`d&usl;*roi"), n. [Prob. for F.
corde du roi king's cord.] 1. A sort
of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in
ridges.

2. pl. Trousers or breeches of
corduroy.

Corduroy road, 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.
[U.S.]

Cor"du*roy`, v. t. To form of
logs laid side by side. "Roads were corduroyed."
Gen. W. T. Sherman.

Cord"wain (k?rd"w?n), n. [OE.
cordewan, cordian, OF. cordoan,
cordouan, fr. Sp. cordoban.


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