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 (n): a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
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11 months ago arby said: OED sez:

1780, Amer.Eng., probably from cord + obs. 17c. duroy, a coarse fabric made in England. Folk etymology is from *corde du roi "the king's cord," but this is not attested in Fr., where the term for the cloth was velours à côtes. Applied in U.S. to a road of logs across swampy ground (1822).

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