parchment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a superior paper resembling sheepskin
  2. noun skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
    sheepskin; lambskin.

WordNet

Parch"ment noun
Etymology
OE. parchemin, perchemin, F. parchemin, LL. pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was first used.
Definitions
  1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum.
    But here's a parchment with the seal of Cæsar. Shak.
  2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.

Webster 1913