For"el (?), n. [OE. forelcase, sheath, OF. forel, fourel, F. fourreau, LL. forellus, fr. OF. forre, fuerre, sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, akin to Goth. fodr; prob. not the same word as E. fodder food. Cf. Fur, Fodder food.]
A kind of parchment for book covers. See Forrill.
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For"el, v. t.
To bind with a forel.
[R.]
Fuller.
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