plew
plew
(pluː) ,plu
orplue
n
(Textiles) (formerly in Canada) a beaver skin used as a standard unit of value in the fur trade
[from Canadian French pelu (adj) hairy, from French poilu, from poil hair, from Latin pilus]
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