0 a road built by placing logs (= large tree branches or trunks) across the width of a path or route:
It is as bumpy and uneven as a corduroy road, somewhat irresolute and confused in its approach to vital problems and not always convincing.
The result was a more solid but very bumpy surface that was referred to as a corduroy road.
A corduroy road was built to restore the route, and corduroy still underlays old sections of highway in the area.
The ruins of what might have been a corduroy road are visible in the creek.
This is commonly called a corduroy road.
Corduroy roads provided a means for early land vehicles to cross over muskeg and swamp.
At numerous portages, corduroy roads had to be constructed.
Corduroy roads can also be built as a foundation for other surfacing.
