1590s, "fine Spanish leather," from adjective Cordovan, from Spanish cordovan (modern cordoban), from cordovano (adj.) "of Cordova," the Spanish city, former capital of Moorish Spain; a later adoption of the same word that became cordwain (see cordwainer). The city name is from Phoenician qorteb "oil press."
双语例句
1. Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of Cordovan leather.
穿着紧身背心, 马臀皮的靴子.
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2. Cordovan a fine leather originally made of goatskin but now more frequently of split horsehide.
