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bookfells

bookfells is the plural of bookfell.

Meaning of bookfell

Noun

bookfell (plural bookfells)

  1. (obsolete) A skin prepared for writing upon; a sheet of vellum or parchment; paper.
  2. (obsolete) A vellum or parchment manuscript.
    • 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

Questions about bookfells

What is bookfells the plural of?
Bookfells is the plural of bookfell.

Words near bookfells in the dictionary

  1. booketerias
  2. bookey
  3. bookfair
  4. bookfairs
  5. bookfell
  6. bookfells
  7. bookflap
  8. bookflaps
  9. bookfluencer
  10. bookfluencers
  11. bookful

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