peltry

noun

pelt·​ry ˈpel-trē 

plural peltries

: pelts, furs

especially : raw undressed skins

—often used in plural

Examples of peltry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Polar bear populations were high, and the seal hunt was producing a good income for Inuit hunters before French actress Brigitte Bardot’s protest killed peltry fashion. —Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French pelterie, from peleter furrier, from pelette small skin, from pel skin, from Latin pellis — more at fell

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above