corduroy

Etymology
Origin. Probably from. Probably not from French, which is unattested in French, where the term for the corduroy is. Possibly from, or "rope of silk or silk-like fabric" in French), named for example in a 1756 advertisement for clothing fabrics; see , and comparable in language form to the contemporary , see.

Noun

 * 1) A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
 * 2)  Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.
 * 3) A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.
 * 1)  Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.
 * 2) A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.
 * 1) A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.
 * 1) A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.
 * 1) A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: рипсено кадифе
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 燈芯絨
 * Czech:
 * Danish: jernbanefløjl,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: קוֹרדֶרוֹי
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: velluto a coste
 * Japanese:, コール天
 * Macedonian: сомот
 * Maori: koruroi
 * Norman: cordéré
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: bombazine, , veludo cotelê
 * Russian: ру́бчатый вельве́т,, кордеро́й, ру́бчатый плис, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: prugasti samt,
 * Spanish:, corderoy
 * Swedish:

Adjective

 * 1) Of a road, path, etc., paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side.

Verb

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

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 鋪木排路
 * Finnish: tehdä kapulatie
 * Russian: