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   Cordwain , n. [OE. cordewan, cordian, OF.  cordoan, cordouan, fr. Sp.  cordoban. See Cordovan.] A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like.
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   Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain.
   Spenser.
   
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