Cordwain n. 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. "Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain."
... pat upon her love Was o' the dainty green, His hose was o' the saft, saft silk, His shoon o' the cordwain fine. ... — Ballads of Romance and Chivalry - Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series • Frank Sidgwick
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