Parchment

pärch′ment, n. the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on.— Parchment paper , or Vegetable parchment (see Paper ).— Virgin parchment , a fine kind of parchment made from the skins of new-born lambs or kids. [Fr. par chem in —L. pergamena ( charta , paper)—from Gr. Pergamos .]