fitchew


fitch·ew

F0152800 (fĭch′o͞o) also fitch·et (-ĭt)n. Archaic The European polecat Mustela putorius or its fur.
[Middle English ficheux, possibly from Walloon ficheau, diminutive of Middle Dutch vitsche, visse.]

fitchew

(ˈfɪtʃuː) n (Animals) an archaic name for polecat[C14 ficheux, from Old French ficheau, from Middle Dutch vitsau, of obscure origin]