Corduroy
['kɔːdərɒɪ;-djʊ-] or ['kɔrdə'rɔi]
Definition
(noun.) a road made of logs laid crosswise.
(verb.) build (a road) from logs laid side by side.
Inputed by Gracie--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Checker: Mortimer
Definition
n. a ribbed kind of fustian a cotton stuff made after the fashion of velvet: (pl.) trousers made of corduroy.—adj. made of corduroy.
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Examples
- Houston lived some distance from the town and generally went home late at night, having to pass through a dark cypress swamp over a corduroy road. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He was detained in his progress by having to repair and corduroy the roads, and rebuild the bridges. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He had small twinkling eyes, and a pock-marked face; wore a fur cap, a dark corduroy jacket, greasy fustian trousers, and an apron. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Fisk wore a velvet corduroy coat and a very peculiar vest. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It became necessary therefore to build corduroy roads every foot of the way as we advanced, to move our artillery upon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If you do, come down with me to Tom Corduroy's, in Castle Street Mews, and I'll show you such a bull-terrier as--Pooh! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They sewed up those corduroys, tight as they were. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There is a strange unwholesome smell upon the room, like mildewed corduroys, sweet apples wanting air, and rotten books. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She said I had kept the parcel so long in the pockets of my corduroys, that the apple was unpleasantly warm. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the same early morning, I discovered a singular affinity between seeds and corduroys. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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