(n.) Same as Cordwain. In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.
Example Sentences:
(1) Another recessive allele, cordovan-Harwell, has an intermediate, dark-brown phenotype and produces only very low levels of presumably normal TRP-1 mRNA.
Cordwain
Definition:
(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.