bookfell
A skin prepared for writing uponA skin prepared for writing upon; a sheet of vellum or parchment; paper.
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete)A skin prepared for writing upon; a sheet of vellum or parchment; paper.
(obsolete)A vellum or parchment manuscript.
Origin
From Middle English bocfel (“parchment”), from Old English bōcfell (“parchment, vellum”),From Middle English bocfel (“parchment”), from Old English bōcfell (“parchment, vellum”), equivalent to book + fell. Cognate with Old High German buohfel, puohfell (“parchment”), Middle High German buohvël (“parchment”), Old Norse bókfell (“parchment”).
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