peltry
Americannoun
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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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When the sweet acorns, dropping in the frosty night, tempt the coon to a later feast, there is as good sport and primer peltry.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)
One magistrate will have power to try causes, not exceeding fifty livers in peltry.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton
Brashears had departed for New Orleans without settling the account for the peltry which Todd had committed to the joint care of Montgomery and Winston.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton
They are very numerous at this time but have made bad hunts; we have got a share of their peltry, as much as all the others put together, and hope soon to collect some more.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)
To accomplish this beaver and other peltry were placed on the enumerated list, but the duties payable in England were materially decreased.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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