English Explanatory Dictionary

bookfell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A skin prepared for writing upon; a sheet of vellum or parchment; paper.
  2. A vellum or parchment manuscript.

Word forms

bookfell bookfells

Etymology

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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