cordwain

He began by buying the best cordwain that could be had in the town, and associated himself with the best goldsmith in the town, and caused him to make clasps for the shoes, and to gild the clasps; and he marked how it was done until he learned the method.

The Junior Classics — Volume 4 William Patten 1902

And he began by buying the best cordwain that could be had in the town, and none other would buy.

The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

And he began by buying the best cordwain that could be had in the town, and none other would buy.

The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch 1831

The person I mean was a buxom dame of about thirty, her fingers loaded with many a silver ring, and three or four of gold; her ankles liberally displayed from under her numerous blue, white, and scarlet; short petticoats, and attired in hose of the finest and whitest lamb's-wool, which arose from shoes of Spanish cordwain, fastened with silver buckles.

Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801

The person I mean was a buxom dame of about thirty, her fingers loaded with many a silver ring, and three or four of gold; her ankles liberally displayed from under her numerous blue, white, and scarlet; short petticoats, and attired in hose of the finest and whitest lamb’s-wool, which arose from shoes of Spanish cordwain, fastened with silver buckles.

Redgauntlet 2008

"The binding is of brown cordwain, all edges are gilt, and there are etchings by Gwinoc, hand-tinted.

The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980