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corduroy ((v.))
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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v.
surface or bridge a swampy place with logs laid side by side at right angles to the way.
Quotations
1861
Here and there the rolling prairie makes little "stews" as they are termed, which require to be corduroyed or rudely bridged after the spring freshets.
1962
They built forts to protect it, a wharf, store and bunk houses, mess rooms, kitchens, and stables; and they corduroyed the portage road.