corduroy

/'kɔ:dərɔi/

Thân thiện

A child wears a corduroy jacket on a cool autumn day.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A type of fabric: A thick, durable cotton fabric with a distinctive pattern of parallel raised cords or "ribs" (called "wales"). The fabric is soft and has a textured, ridged surface.
   • A road made of logs: (Historical/Technical) A road or path constructed by laying logs crosswise, typically across swampy or soft ground.

2. Verb:

   • To build a log road: To construct a road by laying logs side by side or crosswise.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Fabric):
  • He wore a pair of brown corduroy trousers.
  • The sofa was upholstered in soft, green corduroy.
• Noun (Road):
  • The pioneers built a corduroy through the marsh to allow wagons to pass.
• Verb:
  • The army corps had to corduroy the trail to move their equipment through the bog.

Advanced Usage

• "Wale" count: The thickness of corduroy is often described by the number of "wales" (ribs) per inch. For example, "fine-wale corduroy" has many thin ribs per inch, while "wide-wale corduroy" has fewer, broader ribs.
  • She preferred the elegant look of a fine-wale corduroy jacket.

Variants and Related Words

• Corduroys (plural noun): Trousers or pants made from corduroy fabric.
  • He put on his favorite old corduroys.
• Corduroyed (adjective): Describing a surface covered with or resembling the ribs of corduroy.
  • The corduroyed texture of the plowed field.

Synonyms

• Fabric: Cord, ribbed velvet (though not identical, these are similar textured fabrics).
• Road: Log road, plank road, timber track.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• "Corduroy road": This is a fixed phrase referring specifically to the log-built road.
  • The historic route was once a treacherous corduroy road.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a road made of logs laid crosswise
2. a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton

Verb

1. build (a road) from logs laid side by side

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cord