Pruce

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Prussian leather. obsolete, uncountable

    "Some for Defence would Leathern Bucklers uſe, / Of folded Hides; and others Shields of Pruce."

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"Some for Defence would Leathern Bucklers uſe, / Of folded Hides; and others Shields of Pruce."

Etymology

From Middle English Pruce (“Prussia”) (whence also spruce), from new Latin, from a Baltic language, probably Old Prussian; for more, see Prussia. Compare French Prusse.

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