[f. prec.: see -ERY.] The art or craft of the cordwainer; shoemaker’s work.
1831. Carlyle, Sart. Res., III. i. The task of a daily pair of shoes, coupled even with some prospect of victuals, and an honourable Mastership in Cordwainery.
1884. Mag. of Art, Jan., 118. The simplicity of American-Indian cordwainery.
