Corduroy
Pronunciation : Cor"du*roy` (kr"d-roi` or kr"d-roi")
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Prob. for F. corde du roi king's cord.]
Definition : 1. A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.
2. pl.
Defn: 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.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Cor"du*roy`
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To form of logs laid side by side. "Roads were corduroyed." Gemn. W.T. Sherman.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913