forel
noun, verb
forel is a noun meaning “A kind of coarse parchment for book covers; a forrill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-E-L, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of forel is forels.
What does forel mean?
noun
- 1
A kind of coarse parchment for book covers; a forrill.
verb
- 1
To bind with a forel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of forel
- forels plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- foreling US, participle, present
- forelling UK, participle, present
- foreled US, participle, past
- forelled UK, participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is forel?
Forel appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does forel come from?
From Middle English forel (“case, sheath”), from Old French forrel, fourrel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).