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Compare Latin vellus (“the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt”), or English fell (“a hide”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: To cut the turf from, as for burning. Full definition →
Today it means: To cut the turf from, as for burning. Full definition →
Compare Latin vellus (“the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt”), or English fell (“a hide”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.