1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cordwain \Cord"wain\ (k?rd"w?n), n. [OE. cordewan, cordian, OF. cordoan, cordouan, fr. Sp. cordoban. See {Cordovan}.] A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like. [1913 Webster] Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
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