parchment
/ˈpʰɑɹt͡ʃmənt/ nom C1En français : parchemin, vélin
- Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
- A document made on such material.
- A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
- Stiff paper imitating that material.
- The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
- The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
Pluriel parchments
Dans la bibliothèque
I invented a preparation that makes linen as smooth and as easy to write on as parchment.”
The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them—all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: the Knave was standing before them, in chains, with a soldier on each side to guard him; and near the King was the White Rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in the other.
On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and then unrolled the parchment scroll, and read as follows:—
He preferred to use the sitting-room upstairs, which was more library than parlor, and was furnished with theological books and parchments, in which he delighted to bury himself for months at a time, according to his valet de chambre.
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