peltry

[ pel-tree ]
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noun,plural pelt·ries.
  1. fur skins; pelts collectively.

  2. a pelt.

Origin of peltry

1
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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British Dictionary definitions for peltry

peltry

/ (ˈpɛltrɪ) /


nounplural -ries
  1. the pelts of animals collectively

Origin of peltry

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

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