CORDUROY  , a See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• CLOTH

cloth of the See also:

• FUSTIAN

fustian See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, made like a ribbed See also:

• VELVET

velvet . It is generally a coarse heavy material and is used largely for workmen's clothes, but some finer kinds are used for ladies' dresses, &c . According to the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary the word is understood to be of English invention, " either originally intended, or soon after assumed, to represent a supposed See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French corde du rot." It is said that a coarse woollen fabric called duroy, made in See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset during the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, has no apparent connexion with it . From the ribbed See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of the cloth the name corduroy is applied, particularly in Amercia, to a rough road of logs laid transversely See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side by side, usually across swampy ground .