vell

verb, noun — 2 senses

verb

/vɛl/

Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle UK, Dialectal, Obsolete To cut the turf from, as for burning.

For velling, the share is made wide, with the angle or outer point of the wing or fin turned upward, to separate the turf entirely from the soil1796, William Marshall, Rural Economy of the West of England:

noun

Etymology Compare Latin vellus (“the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt”), or English fell (“a hide”).

UK, Archaic The salted stomach of a calf, used in making rennet

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