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velvet that hit the gym and decided to have a backbone.
means A durable cotton fabric with raised parallel ridges or wales running along its length, giving it a soft but sturdy ribbed texture.
from The fabric is English, but its name has long been wrapped in a tidy myth. The popular story claims it comes from the French 'corde du roi,' meaning 'cord of the king' — a regal cloth for royal hunting parties. It's a charming tale, but almost certainly false: the French never used such a term for the fabric. The real origin is uncertain, though 'cord' (for the ridges) plus the old textile word 'duroy,' a coarse woolen cloth made in 18th-century England, is the likelier and humbler parentage.
- wale count
- ridges per inch define its whole personality
- king's fabric myth
- name likely English, not French 'corde du roi'
- roads too
- log roads over mud were called corduroy
- whisper risk
- thighs rubbing produces its signature swish
- librarian armor
- professors weaponized it with elbow patches
wale — the raised ridges in corduroy fabric that create its distinctive textured pattern, measured in lines per inch
corduroy road — logs laid perpendicular across swampy terrain in colonial america and canada to create passable roads
corduroy pants — casual trousers made from corduroy fabric, a staple of 1970s fashion and still produced today