• 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)
    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.

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