▪ I. forel, forrel
(ˈfɒrəl)
Forms: 3–6 forel, (5 furel), 5–7 forell(e, 7 forrell, foroll, 9 for(r)el, forrill.
[a. OF. forrel, fourrel (Fr. fourreau), dim. f. forre, fuerre case, sheath, etc. (see fur n.).]
1. † a. A sheath (obs.). † b. A case or box (obs.).
| a 1300 Cursor M. 15791 (Cott.) O þe forel a suerd he drogh. ? a 1430 Wyclif's Job xx. 25 Out of his shethe, or out of the furel. 1578 Lyte Dodoens vi lxi. 737 The fruit [of Date tree] ..lapped in a certayne long and brode forrell or covering. |
c. A case or covering in which a book or manuscript is kept, or into which it is sewn. Now dial.
| 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xvi. 103 And take his felawe to wittnesse, What he fond in a forel of a freres lyuynge. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 171/2 Forelle, to kepe yn a boke, forulus. 1519 W. Horman Vulg. 84 b, I hadde leuer haue my boke sowed in a forel: than bounde in bourdis. 1523 St. Papers Hen. VIII, VI. 134 His letters shalbe enclosed in a forel directed to the Treasorer. 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. West Eng. 38 Forrel, the cover of a book. 1893 Wiltsh. Gloss., Forel, the..cover of a book. |
2. A kind of parchment dressed to look like vellum, used for covering books (now only for account-books).
| 1549 (Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer Colophon, No manner of persone shall sell this present book, unbounde, above the price of two shillynges and two-pence; and bounde in forell for iis. xd. 1824 J. Johnson Typogr. II. 529 The tympans are covered with vellum, forrels, or parchment. |
| attrib. 1883 Kerry's St. Lawr. Reading 203 Good paper—forel binding. |
3. A selvedge or border.
| 1691 Lond. Gaz. No. 2653/4 A Crimson Piece of Spanish Cloth 23 yards long..with a yellow Foroll and a White List. 1697 Ibid. No. 3316/4 Three pieces of Super-fine Black Cloath for Men's ware, marked with..D. Chance in length in the Forell. 1774 Act 14 Geo. III, c. 25 Frauds are frequently committed..by taking off..the..Forrel or other Marks, of..Cloth. 1847 Halliwell, Forrel, the border of a handkerchief. West. 1886 Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Forrel, the stripe which is woven across the ends of a piece of cloth to show that it is a whole piece. |
▪ II. † ˈforel, ˈforrel, v. Obs.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To cover with a ‘forel’. Hence ˈforelled ppl. a.
| 1642 Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iii. xxiv. 227 The second edition of the Temple..as it was new forrelled and filleted with gold by Herod. 1696 E. Budleigh Churchw. Acc. in Trans. Devonsh. Assoc. (1892) XXIV. 264 P{supd} for a great foreld booke 00. 05. 0. |