vellum
/ˈvɛləm
/noun [mass noun]
Fine parchment made originally from the skin of a calf: [count noun]: we passed a shop offering fine parchments and even finer vellums...
- Before the advent of the printing press, books were made of vellum because it was durable.
- From what scholars have managed to read so far they believe it is an early Christian Psalter written on vellum, a parchment made from animal skin.
- Irish writings prior to the use of paper and print were written on vellum in a distinctive minuscule script which reflects 1,000 years of literary tradition.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French velin, from veel (see veal).
Rhymes
- digestivo
- digger
- digger hat
- digger's hat
- digger wasp
- diggings
- digging stick
- dight
- digibox
- digicam
- dig in one's heels (or toes or feet)
- digipak
- digit
- digital
- digital art
- digital audio
- digital audio broadcasting
- digital audiotape
- digital calculator
- digital camera
- digital cash
- digital compact cassette
- digital compression
- digital computer
- digital delay