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corduroy

UK /ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/US /ˈkɔɹdəɹɔɪ/

noun 3
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

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A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
- We turned to see a muscular young man lounging in the door which led into the sitting-room. He wore green corduroy trousers, a duffle coat and an old school tie. — 1956
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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(slang, no longer used) Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.
- Another description of what would be termed adulterated spirits, is by the vulgar termed "Corduroy," on account of the rough feeling which it imparts to the tongue and palate. — 1834

adjective1

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Of a road, path, etc., paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side.
- Swamps had to be crossed by means of corduroy causeways; made by cutting down trees and laying them horizontally on the quivering mass of boggy ground. — 1887

verb1

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To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.
- The night was very dark and it rained heavily, the roads were so bad that the troops had to cut trees and corduroy the road a part of the way, to get through. — 1886

forms

corduroyed · corduroying · corduroys

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