Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
morocco
noun · first attested 17th century
The bookbinder’s leather is named for Morocco.
A fine goatskin leather, typically vegetable-tanned and dyed.
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- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Fez
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Morocco
- In English
morocco
English morocco names a goatskin leather associated with Moroccan tanning, especially the workshops of cities such as Fez. The country became the word for the hide.
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