forel

American  

[fawr-uhl, for-] / ˈfɔr əl, ˈfɒr- /

Or forrel

noun

1. a slipcase for a book.

2. parchment of poor quality, used in its natural color for making book covers.

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Etymology

Origin of forel

1250–1300; Middle English forel case, sheath < Old French forrel, fourrel, diminutive of fuerre sheath. See fur

Example Sentences

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

Hoc erat in votis: Modus agri non ila magnus Hortus ubi, et leclo vicinus aqua fons; Et paululum sylvae superhis forel.

From The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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