peltry
noun
pelt·ry ˈpel-trē 
plural peltries
: pelts, furs
especially : raw undressed skins —often used in plural
Example Sentences
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
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
- 'toons
- 'tude
- 'twas
- 'twere
- 'twixt
- 've
- 'za
- (a) heaven on earth
- (a) method in/to one's madness
- (a) penny for your thoughts
- (a) quarter after
- (a) quarter of
- (a) quarter past
- (a) quarter to
- (all) by one's lonesome
- (all) choked up
- (all) for the best
- (all) in good time
- (all) in one whack
- (all) round the year
- (all) the best
- (all) the livelong day
- (all) the more so
- (all) the rage
- (and) not before time (too)