See Also: cordwainer(dictionary)

cordwainer (iou)



cordwainer noun. . ME.
[Anglo-Norman cordewaner = Old French cordoanier (mod. cordonnier), formed as CORDWAIN.]
A worker in cordwain, a shoemaker.
? Now only in names of guilds etc.
cordwainery noun shoemaker's work M19.
cordwaining noun = cordwainery M18.