cordovan adjective & noun. ['kɔ:dǝv(ǝ)n] L16.
[Spanish cordován (now -bán) noun, -ano adjective, from Córdova (now -oba) from Latin Corduba Córdoba (see below).]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to the city of and province of Córdoba in Spain; made of cordovan. L16.
b. noun.
1. A kind of pliable fine-grained leather used esp. for shoes, made orig. at Córdoba from goatskin and now from horsehide. L16.

2. A skin of this leather. M17-E19.

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