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Corduroy was an immediate best-seller and was followed by two more books on the countryside, Silver Ley in 1931 and The Cherry Tree in 1932, the three books forming a ruralist farm trilogy. The popularity of literary back-to-the-land writing in England in the 1930s can be put in the context of, for example, Vita Sackville-West 's long narrative ...
The corduroy sign reflects the characteristic trabecular changes caused by the hemangioma, namely, thinning of trabeculae as well as thickened vertical struts, resulting from compensatory hypertrophy of the remaining trabeculae to maintain structural integrity. These vertical trabecular striations give rise to the "corduroy" appearance on imaging.
A groomed alpine skiing piste or trail A groomed cross-country trail, showing corduroy for skate-skiing and classic tracks (left) Snow grooming is the process of manipulating snow for recreational uses with a tractor , snowmobile , piste caterpillar, truck or snowcat towing specialized equipment.
Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Wednesday, January 8, 2025The New York Times
Corduroy was a commonly used material for both furniture and clothing in the 1970s, which was a fun and charismatic time for design, so we’re all for bringing it back in a big way.
Corduroy is a textile with a distinctively raised "cord" or wale texture. Modern corduroy is most commonly composed of tufted cords, sometimes exhibiting a channel (bare to the base fabric) between them. Both velvet and corduroy derive from fustian fabric. Corduroy looks as if it is made from multiple cords laid parallel to each other. [1]
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount has brought on This Is Us staff writer Jon Dorsey to rewrite the screenplay for the film adaptation of the popular children’s book, Corduroy, by Don Freeman. Tim Story has ...
The opening paragraph should refer to both fustian and floats. Corduroy is a type of fustian, a stout cloth typified by the weaving of floats onto one side of the cloth. To make corduroy you weave cotton with a twill weave adding floats in the weft. The floats are then cut into ridges called wales, and brushed to form the characteristic pile.