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

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.

Synonyms

• (soft leather) maroquin, morocco leather