The story
- Old French · derived fromforrel
- Middle English · inherited fromforel“case, sheath”
- English todayforel
From Middle English forel (“case, sheath”), from Old French forrel, fourrel.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
forel
Today it means: A kind of coarse parchment for book covers; a forrill. Full definition →
Middle English forel ← Old French forrel