cordovan
IPA: kɔrdˈoʊvʌn
noun
- A leather from Córdoba originally of tanned goatskin later of horsehide.
- a shoe made from cordovan leather
- A person from Córdoba.
adjective
- oxblood (the color)
- Of or pertaining to Córdoba.
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Examples of "cordovan" in Sentences
- Cordovan is a rich medium dark shade of rose.
- Cordovan loafers are popular in preppy weddings.
- Shod with black cordovan shoes and white silk stockings.
- Cordovan is a rich shade of burgundy and a dark shade of rose.
- Also I need comparison to distinguish dark brown from cordovan.
- The first recorded use of cordovan as a color name in English was in 1925.
- Shell cordovan or cordovan is a type of leather commonly used in shoemaking.
- Other possible colors include burgundy, oxblood, chestnut, cordovan or white.
- Hillary amid a group of men, her jewel-toned pantsuits vivid in a sea of gray, navy and cordovan.
- A blue shirt, the gold Tiffany cuff links, gray slacks, and that nice pair of cordovan Alden tassel moc loafers.
- Color The two colors you must have in your shoe closet are black and cordovan (the brown which is burgundy with a hint of rose).
- I wish they were an update but not this one on the classic cordovan Weejuns, a shoe I wore constantly from elementary school through high school, but you can't have everything.
- Me, I'm trying to decide if I should pack the cordovan mary janes OR the black chinese style slippers, and if I can get away with leaving behind any of: hiking boots, running shoes, Tevas, climbing shoes, goth boots (which count as athletic footwear ... * g*) ...
- Bunker had never seen their like: apples the shape of a perfect McIntosh (a variety widely planted in Maine only after a calamitous freeze killed more than a million trees in 1934) but colored a lustrous dark cordovan, purple-black with firm, cream-colored flesh.
- I have purchased a pair of cordovan Mary Janes, a pair of stompy boots (Doc Martens got cheap: my last pair of gothing boots was bought in1993 and I noticed in Austin that they've sort of started to hurt my feet after four hours of dancing), and a pair of rock climbing approach shoes.
- Hand-numbered and -crafted from Horween shell cordovan, the limited-edition 721 LTD boot from Wolverine's 1000 Mile collection offers a timeless silhouette that works with jeans or trousers. $725 at Redeem 1734 14th St. NW, 202-332-7447; visit www.wolverine.com for additional retailers.
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