to corduroy
9.6
To make a muddy area passable by laying logs crosswise
- verb
- /ˈkɔrdəˌrɔɪ/
- Archaic
:
hacer un camino de troncos (arcaico)
- Workers corduroyed the muddy road with logs to make it safe for vehicles.
Examples
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It had been corduroyed, but the logs had rotted, and the first truck on them bogged down under its own weight.
Fiction book (1990) -
Despite its name, the road was imperfectly corduroyed.
Fiction book (1992) -
The man had an almost normal-sized head which was jammed, neckless, onto small corduroyed shoulders.
Fiction book (1996) -
To improve access, they corduroyed the pathway through the swampy area.
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In preparation for the storm, the crew corduroyed the main road to prevent flooding.
Synonyms
to cobble
vsto corduroy
4
7.4
To pave a street with small rounded stones
uses crosswise logs rather than stone to make ground passable
7.5
To make or improve a road to give access to a place
uses crosswise logs to raise or make soft ground passable
to cobblestone
vsto corduroy
7.7
To pave a street or path with small rounded stones
makes a passable surface by laying logs across soft ground
How Passable
Surface Forms
corduroy infinitive
corduroyed past
corduroyed past participle
corduroying present participle
corduroys third person singular
Etymology
To corduroy a road is to make it like that log path; the verb comes from the noun corduroy and means to lay logs across soft ground so it becomes passable.