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Definition of Fellmonger
1. n. A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts.
Definition of Fellmonger
1. Noun. (British) Someone who sells or works with animal hides and skins. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fellmonger
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fellmonger
Literary usage of Fellmonger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London by Charles Knight (1842)
"The skins pass into their hands with the wool on, just as they are taken from
the sheep ; and the fellmonger then proceeds to remove the wool from the pelt, ..."
2. The Technical History of Commerce: Or, Skilled Labour Applied to Production by John Yeats (1878)
"THE FURRIER, TANNER, CLOVER, AND fellmonger. CAOUTCHOUC AND GUTTA-PERCHA.
The leather and fur handicrafts shared the impetus which industry generally ..."
3. The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, Richard Neville-Griffin Braybrooke (1899)
"On August 2nd, 1661, Pepys had some discourse with a fellmonger (vol. ii., p.
... The late Mr. Wren, however, pointed out that a fellmonger dressed no skins ..."
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