cordovan

The term cordovan has come to describe the color of clothing, leather in particular.

The first recorded use of cordovan as a color name in English was in 1925.

Cordovan is a rich medium dark shade of rose.

A soft, fine-grained leather called cordovan is made in Cordova.

The captain, a Cordovan, spat neatly into the sea to show disgust and contempt.

"Give me two pairs, one black, one cordovan," I'd say.

Calf adds sheen in rich cordovan, gray or navy.

On 20 August, while sailing off Cordovan, two sails were spotted in the distance.

His plain toe cordovan shoes were always shined.

The uppers are made of the same strong leather as the vamp, and tougher materials like cordovan may be used.

Usually black grained, sometimes black or maroon cordovan.

He swiveled back to face me and, to my astonishment, placed a large, Cordovan, wing-tipped shoe against his desk top.

From its trunk, he took another doctor's bag, this one rich brown cordovan, highly polished and glistening in the dim overhead light of the garage.

Cordovan is a popular color for mens shoes:

Her captal, a huge man with a face like seamed cordovan, slapped his sword hilt.

Cordovan may refer to:

But he was whamming a triple layer of muscles trained to the hardness of interwoven cordovan.

His kiltie loafers were mahogany cordovan.

Cap toe, wing tip, or tassel loafer styles in solid black, brown, or cordovan.

The general popularity of brown over black extends to loafers, sometimes using exotic leathers such as suede and cordovan (the latter restricted to America).

Shell cordovan (or cordovan) is a type of leather commonly used in shoemaking.

Cordovan is an equine leather made from the fibrous flat muscle (or shell) beneath the hide on the rump of the horse.

Curpwell's shoes were polished black cordovan, Feinstein's soft Italian leather.

When I.B.M. came in, there was a uniform - plain toe cordovan shoes."

He pried up the lid of worn cordovan, revealing a necklace, earrings, and ornaments for the hair, all studded with faceted red stones.