pelure

P3E1L1U1R1E1

noun

A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps.

OriginFrench pelure →
Scrabble 8
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounpelure (countable and uncountable, plural pelures)

plural pelures

  1. countableuncountableA crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps.

Origin

  1. Frenchpelure
  2. Englishpelure

From French pelure.

More words from French

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: pelure on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.