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▪ I. pelage
obs. form of pillage.
▪ II. pelage|ˈpɛlɪdʒ|
[a. F. pelage (16th c. in Littré), the hair, wool, or fur of an animal, in reference to its kind or colour, f. OF. peil, pel, F. poil hair, down + -age. (Cf. peler to deprive of hair.)]
A general and collective term for the fur, hair, wool, or similar covering of a quadruped. (Parallel to plumage.)
1828–32Webster, Pelage, the vesture or covering of wild beasts, consisting of hair, fur or wool. Bacon. 1848S. W. Williams Middle Kingd. I. iv. 156 Bear, wolves, tigers, deer, and numerous fur-bearing animals are hunted for their pelage. 1866Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 132 The ass and the zebra are far more strikingly differentiated by their pelage than by their skulls. 1877J. A. Allen Amer. Bison 456 A young male in summer pelage. |