vellum

Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing

vel·lum /ˈveləm/ noun [uncountableU]

TCNTIa material used for covering books or writing on, made from the skin of young cows, sheep, or goats 羊皮纸，犊皮纸〔用作书皮或用于书写〕

medieval maps inscribed on vellum

绘于羊皮纸上的中世纪地图

Examples from the Corpus

vellum• The fore-edge painting could, of course, be combined with a vellum or Etruscan calf binding.• In many imposing antique shops you will see stately bookcases full of attractive calf and vellum.• Athelstan immediately closed his eyes and sniffed the sweet odour of fresh scrubbed parchment and vellum.• The thick creamy vellum was covered in a large black scrawl.• But how to wring new information from a few old pieces of vellum and papyrus?• Around the walls were shelves which stretched up to the blackened ceiling, bearing more rolls of vellum.• Originally these bands were made of silk or cotton worked over cord, leather or vellum and fastened inside the spine.• Some of the vellum bound books are nearly 400 years old and have been read by successive generations of Oxford students.

Origin vellum

(1400-1500) Old French veelin, from veel; → VEAL

词汇	vellum
释义	vellum Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing vel·lum /ˈveləm/ noun [uncountableU] TCNTIa material used for covering books or writing on, made from the skin of young cows, sheep, or goats 羊皮纸，犊皮纸〔用作书皮或用于书写〕 medieval maps inscribed on vellum 绘于羊皮纸上的中世纪地图 Examples from the Corpus vellum• The fore-edge painting could, of course, be combined with a vellum or Etruscan calf binding.• In many imposing antique shops you will see stately bookcases full of attractive calf and vellum.• Athelstan immediately closed his eyes and sniffed the sweet odour of fresh scrubbed parchment and vellum.• The thick creamy vellum was covered in a large black scrawl.• But how to wring new information from a few old pieces of vellum and papyrus?• Around the walls were shelves which stretched up to the blackened ceiling, bearing more rolls of vellum.• Originally these bands were made of silk or cotton worked over cord, leather or vellum and fastened inside the spine.• Some of the vellum bound books are nearly 400 years old and have been read by successive generations of Oxford students. Origin vellum (1400-1500) Old French veelin, from veel; → VEAL
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