cordwain

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cordwain

(ˈkɔːdˌweɪn)

(Tanning) an archaic name for cordovan

[C12 cordewan, from Old French cordoan, from Old Spanish cordovan Cordovan]

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Spanish leather

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Delivery of cordwain (leather) to the Badia di Firenze, with details of expenses.

Delivery of cordwain and other leather to the Badia di Firenze.

The private archive (carteggio) of Abbot Dom Fr. Gomes Eanes (Badia di Firenze)--an analytical catalogue, with commentary, of Codex Ashburnham 1792 (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence): part one

The mile-and-a-quarter trip was always going to be a gruelling examination for the 12 runners encountering testing soft ground, but Knight's charge coped best with the conditions, galloping resolutely to a one-and-a-half length triumph over Cordwain. The Mark Of