Cordwain
Cordwain (k?rd"w?n) , noun
[Old English cordewan, cordian, Old French cordoan, cordouan, from Sp. cordoban. See Cordovan.]
A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like.
Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain.