Peltry

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 18

Peltry, a general term applied to the trade in skins of wild animals, and to the skins themselves. It is understood to mean only skins undressed, except by drying, and chiefly those which, when dressed, are called furs. See FURS.

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