parchment
Parchment is paper made from the skin of an animal, or a documents written on this type of paper.
(noun)- When you want a fancy paper for your wedding invitations and you order thin, stiff, flat paper made from sheepskin, this is an example of parchment.
- A collection of old maps and poems written on sheepskin is an example of parchment.
See parchment in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the skin of an animal, usually a sheep or goat, prepared as a surface on which to write or paint
- paper specially treated to resemble parchment, and used for lampshades, stationery, etc.
- a document, manuscript, or diploma on parchment
Origin: ME parchemin < OFr < LL pergamina < L (charta) Pergamena, (paper) of Pergamum, where used as a substitute for papyrus: altered in OFr by assoc. with parche, parchment < LL parthica (pellis), lit., Parthian (leather)
See parchment in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The skin of a sheep or goat prepared as a material on which to write or paint.
- A written text or drawing on a sheet of this material.
- Paper made in imitation of this material.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English parchemin, parchement (influenced by Medieval Latin pergamentum)
Origin: , from Old French parchemin
Origin: , from Late Latin pergamīna
Origin: , variant of Latin pergamēna
Origin: , from feminine of Pergamēnus, of Pergamum
Origin: , from Greek Pergamēnos
Origin: , after Pergamon (Pergamum)
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