Fōr'el1, n.
n. [O. Fr. forel, fourel, N. Fr. fourreau, sheath, case, L. Lat. forellus, forulus, sheath, from O. Fr. forre, fourre, fuerre, sheath, case, It. fodero, from Goth. fōdr, sheath, O. H. Ger. fuotar, Icel. fóðr, L. Lat. fodrus.] A kind of parchment for the cover of books.