cordwain

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Definition von cordwain im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

a leather from Córdoba originally of tanned goatskin later of horsehide

{n} a kind of Spanish lether

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

Silbentrennung

cord·wain

Synonyme

cordovan

Etymologie

() from cordovan, Córdova a Spanish town.