cordwainer noun.
['kɔ:dweɪnǝ] arch. Also (now
Scot.) cordiner
['kɔ:d(ǝ)nǝ].
ME.[Anglo-Norman cordewaner = Old French cordoanier (mod. cordonnier), formed as CORDWAIN.]A worker in cordwain, a shoemaker.
► Now only in names of guilds etc.
■ cordwainery noun shoemaker's work
M19. ■ cordwaining noun =
cordwainery M18. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲