[f. prec.] trans. To form (a road) by laying tree-trunks or split logs close together transversely with the rounded surface upwards; to cross (a swamp) with a road so made. So to corduroy it.
1862. W. H. Russell, in Times, 8 Jan., 8/6. ‘Corduroying it’ up to an enemy is tedious work.
1862. B. Taylor, Home & Abr., IV. 357. The marshy places are corduroyed with small logs.
1880. Miss Bird, Japan, II. 52. The ‘main road’ … is roughly corduroyed by the roots of trees.
