foumart

American  

[foo-mert, -mahrt] / ˈfu mərt, -ˌmɑrt /

Or foulmart

noun

1. the European polecat, Mustela putorius.

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foumart British  

/ ˈfuːmɑːt, -mət /

noun

1. a former name for polecat

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Etymology

Origin of foumart

First recorded in 1300–50, foumart is from the Middle English word fulmard, folmarde. See foul, marten

Example Sentences

I'm well off the ridge," he muttered; "they could have marked me down like a foumart as I ran.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Then Evening goes to the hedgehog, to the fox, to the foumart, the whitterit, the bat, and the vole.

From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon

Skins of whitterit or weasel, of foumart or pole-cat, of the wild cat itself, of great unsightly rats, of moles and of voles, and hawks and owls galore.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon

O weary fa' the waukrife cock, And the foumart lay his crawin!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

In my county, as well as in many parts of England, the popular name is "foumart," which is said to be derived from "foul marten."

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage