1. A
thin skin; a pellicle; a
membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering. "He from
fat films shall purge the
visual ray." (Pope)
2. A
slender thread, as that of a cobweb. "Her
whip of cricket's bone, the
lash of film." (Shak)
Origin: AS. Movie skin, fr. Fell skin;
akin to fylmen membrane, OFries. Filmene skin. See Fell skin.
To
cover with a
thin skin or pellicle. "It
will but skin and movie the
ulcerous place." (Shak)
Source: Websters Vocabulary