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peltry

noun
/ˈpɛltɹi/

Etymology

From Old French peleterie, the trade of a skinner or peltmonger (peletier). Equivalent to pelt + -ry.

  1. derived from peletta
  2. derived from *pel-✻ — “to cover; to wrap; hide; skin; cloth”
  3. derived from pellis — “animal skin, hide, pelt; leather; garment made of animal skin”
  4. derived from pelete
  5. derived from pelette
  6. inherited from pellet — “skin of an animal, especially a sheep”
  7. inherited from pelt — “skin of a sheep, especially without the wool”
  8. suffixed as peltry — “pelt + ry”

Definitions

  1. Pelts or skins, collectively

    Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.

    • It has gray hair, and the fleece is sometimes sold with other peltries, but it is not worth much, although it has some odor.
    • We met with a party of three hunters from the Sioux river; they had been out for twelve months, and collected about nine hundred dollars worth of peltries and furs.

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