peltry

[ pel-tree ]

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noun,plural pelt·ries.

fur skins; pelts collectively.
a pelt.

Origin of peltry

1400–50; late Middle English <Anglo-French pelterie,Old French peleterie furrier's wares, equivalent to peleter furrier (derivative of Latin pellis skin; see -er²) + -ie-y³

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How to use peltry in a sentence

In either case the peltry would be a mere veil hiding the true individuality for a while.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartland
At such times the thrifty hunter who has an eye more to profit and prime peltry than to sport, goes forth armed only with an axe.
In New England Fields and Woods | Rowland E. Robinson
Its fur was a fine piece of peltry and Cal's skillful knife soon had it off the brute's carcass.
The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras | Marvin West
Fur skins, when unprepared, or merely dried, go under the name of peltry.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
The application of nitrate of mercury to hairy skins in the process of secrétage, is explained under peltry.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for peltry

peltry

/ (ˈpɛltrɪ) /

nounplural -ries

the pelts of animals collectively

Origin of peltry

C15: from Old French peleterie collection of pelts, from Latin pilus hair

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