- cork-sole
- cork-soleˈ nounAn inner shoe-sole made of cork• • •Main Entry: ↑cork
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cork — c.1300, from Sp. alcorque cork sole, probably via Arabic and ultimately from L. quercus oak (see FIR (Cf. fir)) or perhaps cortex (gen. corticis) bark. The verb is recorded from 1570s, originally to put a cork sole on a shoe; meaning to stop with … Etymology dictionary
cork — n. & v. n. 1 the buoyant light brown bark of the cork oak. 2 a bottle stopper of cork or other material. 3 a float of cork used in fishing etc. 4 Bot. a protective layer of dead cells immediately below the bark of woody plants. 5 (attrib.) made… … Useful english dictionary
Cork — n. & v. n. 1 the buoyant light brown bark of the cork oak. 2 a bottle stopper of cork or other material. 3 a float of cork used in fishing etc. 4 Bot. a protective layer of dead cells immediately below the bark of woody plants. 5 (attrib.) made… … Useful english dictionary
cork — [14] The earliest ascertainable ancestor of cork is Spanish alcorque ‘cork sole’, which passed into English via Dutch kork. The initial al , of course, suggests that this was of Arabic origin (al being the Arabic definite article), and it seems… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cork — [14] The earliest ascertainable ancestor of cork is Spanish alcorque ‘cork sole’, which passed into English via Dutch kork. The initial al , of course, suggests that this was of Arabic origin (al being the Arabic definite article), and it seems… … Word origins
Cork — 15th century shoe identical to the patten with a sole of cork … Medieval glossary
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