corduroy
corduroy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.pl. Trousers or breeches of corduroy. Corduroy road, a roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; -- so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy. [U.S.]
- 2.To form of logs laid side by side. "Roads were corduroyed." Gemn. W.T. Sherman.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bisulcate
- bisulcous
- bite
- canaliculated
- chamfer
- channel
- costate
- crack
- cradle
- dike
- ditch
- dyke
- engrave
- etch
- flute
- fluted
- fluting
- fosse
- furrow
- groove
- gutter
- hole
- incise
- incision
- interval
- kennel
- moat
- plow
- ravine
- ribbed
- road
- rut
- score
- scratch
- slit
- streak
- striated
- sulcated
- sulcus
- trench
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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