peltry
Americannoun
plural
peltries-
fur skins; pelts collectively.
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a pelt.
noun
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; -er 2 ) + -ie -y 3
Example Sentences
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The fees of the court shall be as follows: A magistrate, for every cause of fifty livers or upwards in peltry, shall receive one pistole in peltry, and in proportion for a lesser sum.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton
Two wolves had run down a deer, only to deliver their own peltry with it to the astonished sportsmen they had summoned by their ill-advised howling.
From Winter Fun by Stoddard, William O.
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)
They are an enterprising and erratic race from almost every state, and are usually in the employ of persons of capital and enterprise, and who are concerned in the fur and peltry business.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason
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)
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