pelletarius

pelletarius [ML; cf. AN pelletier < CL pellis] 1 pertaining to skinning or tanning. juvenis quidam morabatur nomine Giraldus, qui arte ~ia instructus labore manuum suarum vivebat Alex. Cant. Mir. 22 (II) p. 200. 2 (as sb. m.) one who prepares skins, skinner, tanner. 12‥ de chirotecariis et pellipariis al. pellitariis a Gallica voce pelletier RegiamM II f. 159; c1349 sellarii, ~ii, alutarii, sutores MunAcOx 789 (= Foed. V 693); 1392 pellettarii subscripti, viz. ‥ Robertus Skynnere ‥ Ricardus Skynnere ‥ et Johannes Miltone excessive ceperunt in arte sua vendendo fururas etc. et capiendo pro arte sua Arch. Ox. II 82; 1419 Johannes de Cotone, de Londoniis, peletarius, attachiatus fuit ad respondendum Nicholao de Whittone, de Londoniis, peletario MGL I 433. 3 (as sb. n.) skin, hide, pelt, stripped from animal and treated as a commodity. a1178 pro pellitaria parata, de singulis trossellis, iiij denarios Act. Hen. II II 56.