Corduroy

·noun Trousers or breeches of corduroy.

II. Corduroy ·vt To form of logs laid side by side.

III. Corduroy ·noun A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.

corduroy
Applied to roads formed in new settlements, of trees laid roughly on sleepers transverse to the dire...

The Sailor's Word-Book
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.