peltry
Americannoun
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fur skins; pelts collectively.
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a pelt.
noun
Other Word Forms
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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The Clerks & Sheriffs perhaps may be paid, as with us, only converting Tobacco fees into their worth in peltry.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton
Crow and Blackfoot and Sioux Indians often raided the brigades when on the home trip loaded with peltry.
From Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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
Hitherto they had hunted the wild animals merely for subsistence, but now the demand of the traders for furs and peltry stimulated enormously the pursuit of game.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)
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)
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