corduroy
/ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/ · noun
Meaning
- A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
- Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.
- 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.
- To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.
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