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Origin:
Believed to have been first produced in Leeds, England. The word may have been derived from a combination of cord, and du roy, to mean cloth of the king but no such phrase exists in French.

Definition:
A textile with neatly organized rows of higher ridges and lower channels. The higher cords or ridges are called wales. Wales may be wide or very narrow, called pin wale, or combinations of widths. Corduroy can be achieved by weaving, tufting, cutting, or embossing.