morocco
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From country of Morocco, from which this leather was originally imported. Compare maroquin.
[edit] Noun
morocco (plural moroccos)
- A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 164:
- 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 1992, p. 164:
[edit] Synonyms
- (soft leather): maroquin, morocco leather
