Middle English Dictionary Entry
peltrī n.
Entry Info
| Forms | peltrī n. Also peltre, pelter, pelliteri. |
| Etymology | AF peletrie, pelterie (cp. CF peleterie) & ML pelleteria. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Furs and skins prepared for sale; ~ ware; (b) a skinner's or furrier's shop.
Associated quotations
a
- [ 1419 Liber Albus Lond.in RS 12.1225 : La charge de peletrie: xii d. ]
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)309 : Now bere and bacone bene fro Pruse ibroughte Into Flaundres, as loved and fere isoughte..Peltreware and grey, pych, terre, borde and flex.
- a1500(a1451) Commodities Eng.(LdMisc 593)553 : They brynge grete Merchandyse, as..Hony..Herynges..and all maner of..Peltry.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)17 : Pelter by the Tymber: Also pelter ware, as sablys, ermynes..letes, martrons, foynys, beuers, otres, Grey, and many odyr be sold by the tymber, and xl fells make a Tymber.
b
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)93b : A pelliteri [Monson: Peltry] or a skynnery: pelliparium.