cordwain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.

Word forms

cordwain cordwains

Etymology

From cordovan, from Córdova (“a Spanish town”), borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.

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