Film

n. [A-S. film, skin, fylmen, membrane, O. Fries. filmene, skin, Goth. film.] 1. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity. He from thick film shall purge the visual ray. Pope. 2. A slender thread, as one of those composing a cobweb. Her whip of cricket-bone, the lash of film. Shak.