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Peltry

//ˈpɛltɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs. countable, uncountable

    "...those Indians informed him, that the war was not yet at an end, and that he would live better and with more safety among the French; who, in truth, do much indulge the Indians, and furnish them whatever they desire, because they employ those Indians to kill them beaver, and moose, and other peltry, whereby they gain much."

Etymology

From Old French peleterie, the trade of a skinner or peltmonger (peletier). Equivalent to pelt + -ry.

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