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Cordwain definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORDWAIN, n. Spanish leather; goatskin tanned and dressed.

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English cordwane, from Anglo-French cordewan, from Old Spanish cordovano, cordován Date: 14th century archaic cordovan leather

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cordwain Cord"wain (k?rd"w?n), n. [OE. cordewan, cordian, OF. cordoan, cordouan, fr. Sp. cordoban. See Cordovan.] 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. Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain. --Spenser.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Spanish or Cordovan leather, goatskin.