Spanish+or+Cordovan+leather

  • 1cordovan — I. adjective Etymology: Old Spanish cordovano, from Córdova (now Córdoba), Spain Date: 1591 1. capitalized of or relating to Córdoba and especially Córdoba, Spain 2. made of cordovan leather II. noun Date: circa 1625 …

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  • 2cordovan — 1590s, fine Spanish leather, from adj. Cordovan, from Sp. cordovan (modern cordoban), from cordovano (adj.) of Cordova, the Spanish city, former capital of Moorish Spain; a later adoption of the same word that became cordwain (see CORDWAINER (Cf …

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  • 3Leather — For other uses, see Leather (disambiguation). Modern leather working tools Leather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different… …

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  • 4spanish leather — noun Usage: usually capitalized S : cordovan 2 …

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  • 5cordwain — n. Spanish or Cordovan leather, goatskin …

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  • 6cordwain — ˈkȯrdˌwān noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English cordwane, from Middle French cordoan, from Old Spanish cordován (now cordobán) more at cordovan archaic : cordovan leather …

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  • 7cordwain — noun Etymology: Middle English cordwane, from Anglo French cordewan, from Old Spanish cordovano, cordován Date: 14th century archaic cordovan leather …

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  • 8cordobán — ˌkȯ(r)dəˈbän; ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ)bän, (ˌ)vän, bən, vən noun ( s) Etymology: Spanish more at cordovan : cordovan leather …

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  • 9horse — horseless, adj. horselike, adj. /hawrs/, n., pl. horses, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, horsing, adj. n. 1. a large, solid hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties …

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  • 10Cordwainer Smith — Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, Cordwainer Smith Smith, ca. early 1960s Born July 11, 1913(1913 07 11) Milwaukee, Wisconsin Died …

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