CHEVERIL

n. a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility. [Obs.] Here's wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad. Shak.

2.
a.

Made of cheveril; pliant. [Obs.] A cheveril conscience and a searching wit. Drayton.