corduroy

Applied to roads formed in new settlements, of trees laid roughly on sleepers transverse to the direction of the road; as suddenly for artillery.

← cordovan × corkir →

Corduroy
·noun Trousers or breeches of corduroy. II. Corduroy ·vt To form of logs laid side by side. III. C...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
corduroy road
A road or causeway constructed with logs laid together over swamps or marshy places. When properly f...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.