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Meanings of
vellum
in English
Russian
велень
Portuguese
velino
Spanish
vitela
Catalan
viteŀla
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Parchment made from calf or lamb skin.
Related terms
art material
biological material
Russian
велень
Usage of
vellum
in English
1
I say signature; because its position upon the
vellum
suggested this idea.
2
They extended an arm span to either side, opaque as new
vellum
.
3
They were couched in legal parlance and cushioned on expensive, patterned
vellum
.
4
All the valuable books of the fourteenth century were written on
vellum
.
5
His eye fell upon the fragments of rent
vellum
on the floor.
6
These slips of
vellum
or parchment are quite common in old books.
7
Topándy took the
vellum
from his pocket-book and handed it to Lorand.
8
Martal was reading a scrap of
vellum
brought in by a messenger.
9
Then the Bishop drew from his sash a folded sheet of
vellum
.
10
The interior shows pages of
vellum
,
with names of subscribers beautifully inscribed.
11
For answer Dacre took down an old
vellum
-
covered
volume from the shelf.
12
The Countess nodded, drawing a bound
vellum
book from her apron pocket.
13
Melchior Klesl looked at the scroll of
vellum
in King Matthias's hand.
14
Band of flat
vellum
sometimes found on old books with flat backs.
15
And we also did micronic measurements of the thickness of the
vellum
.
16
Not far from his own lodging was a shop that sold
vellum
.
Other examples for "vellum"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
vellum
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
white vellum
bind in vellum
old vellum
finest vellum
take the vellum
More collocations
Translations for
vellum
Russian
велень
Portuguese
velino
papel velino
Spanish
vitela
Catalan
viteŀla
vitel·la
vitel•la
Vellum
through the time
Vellum
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common