peltry
Americannoun
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peltries
plural
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fur skins; pelts collectively.
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a pelt.
noun
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Etymology
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 -er 2) + -ie -y 3
Example Sentences
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These boats would then set out on their homeward journey laden with peltry gathered from far and near.
From The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba by Louis Aubrey Wood
Hendry's canoes were literally loaded with peltry when he drew in at the Pas.
From The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
But the place was far north of the regions they actually occupied; and English adventurers, with the sanction of the Government, settled there, and opened a trade in peltry with China.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by John Neville Figgis
Their clothes consist of gaily-painted deer-hide, ornamented with beads, and the gayest calicoes, which they obtain from the Government trading posts by bartering peltry for them.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various
Governor Dongan seized the moment to promise better bargains for the peltry than the French could offer.
From The Road to Frontenac by Samuel Merwin
North of the St. Lawrence was a power that he shunned still more—the French governor, who had legal right to plunder the peltries of all who traded and trapped without license.
From The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut
Met a train coming from Robadeau's trading post, with five wagon loads of buffalo skins and other peltries.
From Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Their crews had, however, traded off their peltries somewhere else, and shortly after their arrival Mr. Oliver and his party left the inlet in the canoe which he had sent the Indians back to bring.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
Many a heap of furs and peltries went in payment for their adornment, but—where are they now!
From The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn by Evelyn Raymond
This fort was the general depot for the southwestern department, at which their goods for Indian trade were landed, and their furs and peltries collected and shipped to foreign markets.
From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by William Henry Gray
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