Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fine leather originally made of goatskin but now more frequently of split horsehide.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Spanish leather. See
cordwain . - noun Leather made from horse-hide.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
cordwain . In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
leather fromCórdoba originally of tannedgoatskin later of horsehide. - adjective
oxblood (the color)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I have purchased a pair of cordovan Mary Janes, a pair of stompy boots (Doc Martens got cheap: my last pair of gothing boots was bought in1993 and I noticed in Austin that they've sort of started to hurt my feet after four hours of dancing), and a pair of rock climbing approach shoes.
i come and i cradle your face stillsostrange 2009
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Me, I'm trying to decide if I should pack the cordovan mary janes OR the black chinese style slippers, and if I can get away with leaving behind any of: hiking boots, running shoes, Tevas, climbing shoes, goth boots (which count as athletic footwear ... * g*) ...
NEED MOAR SHOEz. hawkwing_lb 2009
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Hillary amid a group of men, her jewel-toned pantsuits vivid in a sea of gray, navy and cordovan.
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Hand-numbered and -crafted from Horween shell cordovan, the limited-edition 721 LTD boot from Wolverine's 1000 Mile collection offers a timeless silhouette that works with jeans or trousers. $725 at Redeem 1734 14th St. NW, 202-332-7447; visit www.wolverine.com for additional retailers.
Trend Report Sharp-dressed man Holly E. Thomas 2010
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I wish they were an update but not this one on the classic cordovan Weejuns, a shoe I wore constantly from elementary school through high school, but you can't have everything.
March 2010 2010
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A blue shirt, the gold Tiffany cuff links, gray slacks, and that nice pair of cordovan Alden tassel moc loafers.
Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010
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A blue shirt, the gold Tiffany cuff links, gray slacks, and that nice pair of cordovan Alden tassel moc loafers.
Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010
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Bunker had never seen their like: apples the shape of a perfect McIntosh (a variety widely planted in Maine only after a calamitous freeze killed more than a million trees in 1934) but colored a lustrous dark cordovan, purple-black with firm, cream-colored flesh.
Beyond the McIntosh 2008
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Color The two colors you must have in your shoe closet are black and cordovan (the brown which is burgundy with a hint of rose).
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Bunker had never seen their like: apples the shape of a perfect McIntosh (a variety widely planted in Maine only after a calamitous freeze killed more than a million trees in 1934) but colored a lustrous dark cordovan, purple-black with firm, cream-colored flesh.
Beyond the McIntosh 2008
bilby commented on the word cordovan
"He introduced Stafford and Hardin to Brice who was a square man of medium height and with a skin tanned to the colour of cordovan leather."
- 'Windfall', Desmond Bagley.
January 6, 2008