A type of leather goods or a soft, fine leather, possibly referring to leather from Cordoba, Spain, known for high quality.
Possibly from Cordoba leather (from Cordoba, Spain) combined with -wane, though etymology is uncertain and debated. May relate to cordwainery (leather working).
Cordoban leather from Spain was so famous in medieval Europe that the word traveled and transformed—this term might preserve memory of the leather trade routes that connected continents before modern commerce.
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