Usually means: Leather used for making shoes.
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  1. cordwain: Merriam-Webster
  2. cordwain: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. cordwain: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. cordwain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  12. cordwain: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (cordwain)

▸ noun:  A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.

Similar:
cordovan, cabretta, corduroys, pannuscorium, Morocco, Cordovan hat, cord, kid leather, cloath, calf, more...

Opposite:
uncordwain, decordwain, unshoe

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Similar:
cordovan, cabretta, corduroys, pannuscorium, Morocco, Cordovan hat, cord, kid leather, cloath, calf, more...

Opposite:
uncordwain, decordwain, unshoe



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