peltry/ˈpɛltɹi/EtymologyFrom Old French peleterie, the trade of a skinner or peltmonger (peletier). Equivalent to pelt + -ry.nounPelts 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 peltry, whereby they gain much.”