morocco

See also: Morocco

English

Book bound in a mustard-yellow morocco

Etymology

From the country name of Morocco, from which this leather was originally imported. Compare maroquin.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo‧roc‧co

Noun

morocco (countable and uncountable, plural moroccos)

1. 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.

2. A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.
3. A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

Synonyms

• (soft leather): maroquin, morocco leather

Derived terms

• French morocco, Levant morocco, Persian morocco