▪ I. codder1 Now dial.
(ˈkɒdə(r))
Also 6 -ar.
[f. cod n.2]
A worker in leather; a saddler.
| 1507 Louth (Lincolnsh.) Churchw. Acc. (MS.), It{supm} paid codder makyng bell colars xd. 1575 Banister Chirurg. ii. (1585) 361 Either with a common stitch, or else such one as coddars, or peltmongers use to make. 1622 F. Markham Bk. War iii. iv. 96 Men of these trades as Codders, or Knackers, Cartwrights, Smiths and the like. 1877 N.W. Lincolnsh. Gloss., Codder, a saddler. |
▪ II. ˈcodder2 dial.
[cf. cod n.1 and v.1]
One who gathers peascods.
| c 1690 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Codders, gatherers of Peascods. c 1730 Burt Lett. N. Scotl. (1818) I. 48 Codders, and other women employed in the fields and gardens about London. 1847–78 Halliwell, Codder, a pea-gatherer. Midx. |
▪ III. codder3
(ˈkɒdə(r))
[f. cod n.3 + -er.]
A person, or ship, engaged in the cod-fishery. (U.S.)