To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc
But Sherman organized “pioneer battalions” of soldiers and freedmen to cut saplings and trees to corduroy the roads, build bridges, and construct causeways.
a cut-filling pile-cloth with narrow to wide wales running in the warp direction of the fabric This effect is made by using an extra set of filling yarns in construction The back of the cloth is a plain or twill weave It is usually all-cotton, but many corduroys can be blended with polyester, nylon or other fibers
logs placed transversely along a road, usually with branches intact, and covered with fill material, to "float" the road over soft subsoils
A fabric, usually made of cotton, utilizing a cut-pile weave construction Extra sets of filling yarns are woven into the fabric to form ridges of yarn on the surface The ridges are built so that clear lines can be seen when the pile is cut
Corduroys are trousers made out of corduroy. a thick strong cotton cloth with thin raised lines on it, used for making clothes (Perhaps from cord + duroy type of rough woolen cloth (17-19 centuries))