Thesaurus: corduroy
A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.
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Definitions
- n. A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.
- n. Trousers or breeches of corduroy.
- v. t. To form of logs laid side by side.
- n. a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
- n. a road made of logs laid crosswise
- v. build (a road) from logs laid side by side
- 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.] To form of logs laid side by side. "Roads were corduroyed." Gemn. W.T. Sherman.
- Trousers or breeches of corduroy. Corduroy road, a roadwayformed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; --so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy.[U.S.]
- n:100 n. a road made of logs laid crosswise v. build (a road) from logs laid side by side