morocco en · NOUN
Etymology
From the country name of Morocco, from which this leather was originally imported. Compare maroquin.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
Piers put the letter in an envelope and slipped it into a green morocco-covered volume on the window seat – his sister's diary.
1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 164:The purple morocco cases accompanying the latter contained a handsome set of gold ornaments. Louisa was deeply gratified, even more on Charles's account than on her own; it was such injustice on the part of her family to treat him with such insolence as Lady Anne and Lady Rotheles displayed.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 184:
- (countable, uncountable) A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.
- (countable, uncountable) A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| moroccos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Levant morocco · moroccoed · Persian morocco · French morocco