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cordovan

Adjective, Noun

Cor=do=van

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cordovan(n = noun.substance) Array - a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain; Array

cordovan, 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. [1913 Webster]

cordovan, n. a kind of soft leather.

Etymology

Sp. cordovan of Cordova (Cordoba) where it was orig. made

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