bookfell

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noun

A skin prepared for writing upon; a sheet of vellum or parchment; paper.

OriginMiddle English bocfel ← Old English bōcfell →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounbookfell (plural bookfells)

plural bookfells

  1. obsoleteA skin prepared for writing upon; a sheet of vellum or parchment; paper.
  2. obsoleteA vellum or parchment manuscript.

    I cannot refer to any facsimile of this bookfell.

    1878, George Stephens, Thunor the Thunderer
    1 more example

    Write this on a bookfell or parchment so long that it may embrace the head on the outside, and hang it on the neck of the man who needs it; it will soon be well with him.

    1866, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Apuleius (Barbarus), Dioscorides Pedanius (of Anazarbos), Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
parchment

Origin

  1. Old Englishbōcfell“parchment, vellum”
  2. Middle Englishbocfel“parchment”
  3. Englishbookfell

From Middle English bocfel (“parchment”), from Old English bōcfell (“parchment, vellum”), equivalent to book + fell. Cognate with Old High German buohfel, puohfell (“parchment”), Middle High German buohvël (“parchment”), Old Norse bókfell (“parchment”).

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APA

bookfell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookfell

MLA

“bookfell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookfell. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bookfell,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookfell.

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