plew

or plu

[ ploo ]

/ plu /

noun Older Use (in Western U.S. and Canada).

a beaver skin, especially one of prime quality.

Origin of plew

1790–1800; <Canadian French pelu;French: noun use of pelu haired, hairy (now obsolete or dial.); see poilu

Words nearby plew

pleurotomy, pleurovisceral, pleuston, pleustonic, Pleven, plew, -plex, plexal, plexectomy, plexiform, plexiform neurofibroma

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Example sentences from the Web for plew

Them was the times when this child first went to the mountains: six dollars the plew—old'un or kitten!
In the Old West|George Frederick Ruxton
The beaver-skins have fallen, according to their phraseology, to a ‘plew a plug,’ and they find ‘red-skin’ pays better.
The Scalp Hunters|Mayne Reid
Them was the times when this child first went to the mountains: six dollars the plew—old 'un or kitten.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 392, June, 1848|Various

British Dictionary definitions for plew

plew

plu or plue

/ (pluː) /

noun

(formerly in Canada) a beaver skin used as a standard unit of value in the fur trade

Word Origin for plew

from Canadian French pelu (adj) hairy, from French poilu, from poil hair, from Latin pilus

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单词	plew
释义	plew or plu [ ploo ] / plu / noun Older Use (in Western U.S. and Canada). a beaver skin, especially one of prime quality. Origin of plew 1790–1800; <Canadian French pelu;French: noun use of pelu haired, hairy (now obsolete or dial.); see poilu Words nearby plew pleurotomy, pleurovisceral, pleuston, pleustonic, Pleven, plew, -plex, plexal, plexectomy, plexiform, plexiform neurofibroma Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for plew Them was the times when this child first went to the mountains: six dollars the plew—old'un or kitten! In the Old West\|George Frederick Ruxton The beaver-skins have fallen, according to their phraseology, to a ‘plew a plug,’ and they find ‘red-skin’ pays better. The Scalp Hunters\|Mayne Reid Them was the times when this child first went to the mountains: six dollars the plew—old 'un or kitten. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 392, June, 1848\|Various British Dictionary definitions for plew plew plu or plue / (pluː) / noun (formerly in Canada) a beaver skin used as a standard unit of value in the fur trade Word Origin for plew from Canadian French pelu (adj) hairy, from French poilu, from poil hair, from Latin pilus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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