3.[countableC]PGRECORD a document written on parchment 羊皮纸文件;仿羊皮纸文件
Examples from the Corpus
parchment• So we put together a parchmentscroll of information on various last names-we did it for about a dozen names.• Where can I get parchment paper?• They can see and handleparchment and paper.• He undid the top and drew out a thick, yellowingroll of parchment.• Some were open to reveal rolls of parchmentspilling out on to the floor.• Corbett crumpled the parchment into a ball and threw it angrily at the wall.• A moththudded into the parchmentlampshade and blundered round, trying to escape.• The clerksstudied the parchment curiously.
Originparchment
(1200-1300)Old Frenchparchemin, from Latinpergamena, from Greek, from Pergamenos“of Pergamum”, ancient city in Turkey