folre

Inherited from Old Catalan foure, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) either via Frankish *fōdr or Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɔl.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfol.re]

folre m (plural folres)

1. (archaic) sheath
2. lining
3. cover, facing
4. (castells) a second-level base built on top of the pinya
5. (heraldry) fur

• folrar
• folreria

• “folre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007