morocco

See also: Morocco

English
Book bound in a mustard-yellow morocco

Etymology

From the country name of Morocco, from which this leather was originally imported. Compare maroquin.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: mo‧roc‧co

Noun

morocco (countable and uncountable, 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.
  2. A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.
  3. A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

Synonyms
  • (soft leather): maroquin, morocco leather

Derived terms
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