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corduroy

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Noun
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cor=du=roy

CIDE DICTIONARY

corduroyn. [Prob. for F. corde du roi king's cord.].
  •  A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Trousers or breeches of corduroy.  [1913 Webster]
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.]
corduroyv. t. 
     To form of logs laid side by side.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

corduroy, n.
1 a thick cotton fabric with velvety ribs.
2 (in pl.) corduroy trousers.

Idiom
corduroy road a road made of tree-trunks laid across a swamp.
Etymology
18th c.: prob. f. CORD ribbed fabric + obs. duroy coarse woollen fabric

THESAURUS

corduroy

Aralac, Avisco, Axminster, Celanese, Dacron, Dynel, Georgette, Harris Tweed, Lastex, Leatherette, Orlon, Qiana, Revolite, Terylene, Ultrasuede, Velon, Vicara, acetate, acetate rayon, alpaca, arras, astrakhan, baize, batik, blanketing, broadcloth, broadloom, brocade, broken ground, broken water, bunting, calico, cambric, canaliculate, canaliculated, canvas, carpeting, cashmere, castor, chamfered, channeled, cheesecloth, chiffon, chinchilla, chintz, chop, coating, cord, corduroy road, corduroyed, corrugate, corrugated, corrugation, costate, cotton, crash, crepe, crepe de chine, cretonne, crimped, crinoline, cut, dadoed, damask, denim, doeskin, drill, drilling, drugget, duck, duffel, engraved, felt, flannel, flannelette, fleece, fluted, foulard, frieze, furrowed, fustian, gashed, gauze, gingham, goffered, goose bumps, goose pimples, gooseflesh, gossamer, gouged, grenadine, grogram, grooved, grosgrain, gunny, haircloth, herringbone, hessian, homespun, hop sacking, horripilation, horsehair, huck, huckaback, incised, jersey, lame, lawn, linen, linoleum, linsey-woolsey, lisle, list, loden, longcloth, lop, luster, mackinaw, mackintosh, madras, maline, manta, mantua, marquisette, mat, matting, melton, messaline, mohair, moire, moleskin, mousseline de soie, murrey, muslin, nainsook, nankeen, near-silk, net, netting, nylon, oil silk, oilcloth, organdy, organza, paisley, panne, panne velvet, pepper-and-salt, percale, pique, plaid, pleated, plush, polyester, pongee, poplin, print, quilting, rabbeted, radium, rayon, rayon casheen, rep, ribbed, rifled, ripple, rough, rugging, russet, rutted, rutty, sackcloth, sacking, sailcloth, sandpaper, sarcenet, sateen, satin, say, scored, scratched, seersucker, serge, shalloon, shantung, sharkskin, sheers, sheeting, shoddy, shot silk, silk, slit, spun rayon, stamin, stammel, stockinette, striated, stuff, suede, sulcate, sulcated, swansdown, tabaret, tabby, taffeta, taffety, tapestry, tarpaulin, tartan, terry cloth, tick, ticking, tricotine, troughed, tulle, tussah, tussore, tweed, twill, veiling, velours, velure, velvet, velveteen, voile, wash-and-wear fabric, washboard, watered fabric, webbing, wool, worsted, wrinkled

ROGET THESAURUS

corduroy

Furrow

N furrow, groove, rut, sulcus, scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit, chamfer, fluting, corduroy road, cradle hole, channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke, moat, fosse, trough, kennel, ravine, tajo, thank-ye-ma'am, furrowed, ribbed, striated, sulcated, fluted, canaliculated, bisulcous, bisulcate, bisulcated, canaliferous, trisulcate, corduroy, unisulcate, costate, rimiform.


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