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OP This one was new to me - I ran across it in yesterday's newspaper, in an article discussion a craft council show I'm going to attend this weekend. If you trust the US media to get etymology right (), then here it is, most of the context preserved:
"They are not cobblers, although they don't balk at that description. Cobblers repair shoes and, in times past, would even reuse leather from worn shoes to make a smaller pair of 'new' shoes, [the artist] said. A cordwainer, by contrast, is someone who works with new leather. Now virtually obsolete, the term derived from cordovan, a fine-grained leather originally made in Cordova, Spain."
Maybe the etymology doesn't qualify as particularly unusual, but I found it an interesting word that might be worth some discussion!
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Cordwainer Fiberbabe 04/13/02 01:01 PM Re: Cordwainer of troy 04/13/02 02:32 PM Re: Cordwainer wwh 04/13/02 02:33 PM Re: Cordwainer Flatlander 04/17/02 02:15 PM . Max Quordlepleen 04/17/02 06:45 PM not very important, just for completeness... wofahulicodoc 09/13/02 03:11 PM Re: not very important, just for completeness... wwh 09/13/02 03:21 PM
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