The skin or hide of a calf; a superior kind of leather made from this, and used in bookbinding, shoemaking, etc. More rarely = vellum, n. 1.
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释义 | society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > skin (vellum or parchment) > [noun] > vellum (6) calf-skin1604 The skin or hide of a calf; a superior kind of leather made from this, and used in bookbinding, shoemaking, etc. More rarely = vellum, n. 1. skin of vellum1679–88 A piece of animal skin, esp. from a sheep or goat, dressed and prepared as a surface for writing, or painting; a scroll or roll of this material… Subcategories:— vellum or imitation of (1) — piece of (1) — quantity of (1) — type of (1) |
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