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peltries

peltries is the plural of peltry.

Meaning of peltry

Noun

peltry (countable and uncountable, plural peltries)

  1. Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
    • ...those Indians informed him, that the war was not yet at an end, and that he would live better and with more safety among the French; who, in truth, do much indulge the Indians, and furnish them whatever they desire, because they employ those Indians to kill them beaver, and moose, and other...1677, Daniel Gookin, The Doings and Sufferings of the Christian Indians, page 521

Questions about peltries

What is peltries the plural of?
Peltries is the plural of peltry.

Words near peltries in the dictionary

  1. Peltos
  2. peltospirid
  3. peltospirids
  4. peltospiroid
  5. peltospiroids
  6. peltries
  7. peltry
  8. pelts
  9. pelts down
  10. Peltz
  11. Peltzes

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