parchment

English Thesaurus

1. skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	animal skin,
definition	:	the outer covering of an animal (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	vellum,
definition	:	fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb (noun.substance)

2. a superior paper resembling sheepskin (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	paper,
definition	:	a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses (noun.substance)