Morocco
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mo + roc + co
Origin
From the country-name of Morocco, from which this leather was originally imported. Compare maroquin.
Full definition of morocco
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.
Synonyms
- (soft leather) maroquin, morocco leather