"plew" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plews [plural]
Etymology: From Canadian French, from French poilu (“hairy”). Doublet of poilu. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr-CA|-}} Canadian French, {{uder|en|fr|poilu||hairy}} French poilu (“hairy”), {{doublet|en|poilu}} Doublet of poilu Head templates: {{en-noun}} plew (plural plews)
  1. (Canada, US) beaver pelt Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Hides
    Sense id: en-plew-en-noun-jY3XNM4x Disambiguation of Hides: 87 13 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: plews [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plew (plural plews)
  1. (obsolete, dialect) Alternative form of plough Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Alternative form of: plough
    Sense id: en-plew-en-noun-q66UT7ET
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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