Plew
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Plew is a noun meaning (Canada, US) beaver pelt.
Meaning
(Canada, US) beaver pelt.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, dialect) Alternative form of plough.
Example Sentences
"The days when a good plew fetched six dollars, beaver or kitten, is over," he grumbled. "The beaver trade's rubbed out, Lank.
The price for a pint was a beaver plew or an Indian buffalo robe. Coffee and gunpowder were a plew or a robe a pound, blankets fifteen plews apiece,
The cured "plew" of the adult beaver weighed about a pound and a half and at best would fetch from four to six dollars a pound at the mountain rendezvous
Word Forms
- plews
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beaverkin, puck, pluff, toque, purl, puttoo.
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