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corduroyed

corduroyed is the simple past and past participle of corduroy.

Adjective

corduroyed (not comparable)

  1. Having a ribbed pattern, like corduroy.
    • Soon, the incessant wind would dry the stenchy wallow to corduroyed cement.2003, Suzann Ledbetter, A Lady Never Trifles with Thieves
  2. Dressed in corduroy.
    • […] and even Violet Flower was draped over a couch discussing auras with an earnest, pink-faced chap from Dunnedoo, whose corduroyed legs were tightly crossed over his crotch.2011, Leah Swann, Bearings, page 29

Meaning of corduroy

Verb

corduroy (third-person singular simple present corduroys, present participle corduroying, simple past and past participle corduroyed)

  1. To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.
    • 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.1886, Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, chapter 53

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Questions about corduroyed

What does corduroyed mean?
Corduroyed means having a ribbed pattern, like corduroy.
What is corduroyed the simple past and past participle of?
Corduroyed is the simple past and past participle of corduroy.
What part of speech is corduroyed?
Corduroyed is an adjective.

Words near corduroyed in the dictionary

  1. corduliid
  2. corduliids
  3. corduroy
  4. corduroy road
  5. corduroy roads
  6. corduroyed
  7. corduroying
  8. corduroylike
  9. corduroys
  10. cordwain
  11. cordwainer

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