corduroy

corduroy

1. vakosametti

2. (monikko) vakosamettihousut

Synonyymisanakirja

corduroy

bedford cord, pitkäkuituinen säie, vakosametti, kapulatie, kudos, kangas, materiaali, tekstiili, kude, vaate, tie, reitti.

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Englannin sanakirja

corduroy (englanti > suomi)

1. vakosametti

2. tehdä kapulatie

corduroy englanniksi

1. A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.

2. (quote-book)

3. To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.

4. 1886, Ulysses S. Grant, s:Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant|Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, s:Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant/Chapter LIII|chapter 53

The night was very dark and it rained heavily, the roads were so bad that the troops had to cut trees and corduroy the road a part of the way, to get through.

5. 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, pp. 827-8:

But Sherman organized “pioneer battalions” of soldiers and freedmen ... to cut saplings and trees to corduroy the roads, build bridges, and construct causeways.

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