fur trade

noun

The business of buying and selling animal skins and pelts.

Meanings

nounfur trade (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe business of buying and selling animal skins and pelts.

Translations

Danish pelshandel
  • pelshandeltrade in furs
Finnish turkiskauppa
  • turkiskauppatrade in furs
French traite des fourrures
  • traite des fourrurestrade in furs
German Pelzhandel
  • Pelzhandeltrade in furs
Norwegian Bokmål pelshandel
  • pelshandeltrade in furs
Polish futrzarstwo
  • futrzarstwotrade in furs
Ukrainian хутрови́й про́мисел
  • хутрови́й про́мисел (xutrovýj prómysel)trade in furs
Cite this entry
APA

fur trade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fur%20trade

MLA

“fur trade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fur%20trade. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fur trade,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fur%20trade.

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