forel
Americannoun
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a slipcase for a book.
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parchment of poor quality, used in its natural color for making book covers.
Etymology
Origin of forel
1250–1300; Middle English forel case, sheath < Old French forrel, fourrel, diminutive of fuerre sheath. See fur
Example Sentences
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Upon a table lay an open psalter, with its long hanging cover and a ball at the extremity of the forel.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
The room is light, cheerful, and even yet well garnished with books: most of them being in white forel or vellum binding.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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