Cordwain

[kɒ:dwein]

Definition

(n.) A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like.

Editor: Will

Definition

n. goatskin leather originally from Cordova in Spain.—ns. Cord′wainer a worker in cordovan or cordwain: a shoemaker; Cord′wainery.

Editor: Meredith