furriery

English

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜɹ.i.əɹ.i/

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Noun

furriery (countable and uncountable, plural furrieries)

1. Furs in general.
   • 1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century:

     For smaller furrieries and edgings, the skins of the MARTEN, the SQUIRREL, the ERMINE, the RABBIT and the MARMOTTE are the choicest

2. The business of a furrier; the fur trade.

   hide unfit for furriery

References

• “furriery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.