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corduroy

corduroy (third-person singular simple present corduroys, present participle corduroying, simple past and past participle corduroyed)

1. To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.
   • 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, pp. 827-8:

     But Sherman organized “pioneer battalions” of soldiers and freedmen [...] to cut saplings and trees to corduroy the roads, build bridges, and construct causeways.

corduroy (plural corduroys)

1. A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.

Definizione dizionario corduroy

	corduroy
	A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.

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Altri significati:

A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs

To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.