Chiefly an American term for hunting or trapping animals for their pelts — the harvesting of furs as a commercial or subsistence activity. 'Furtaking' was used in legal and regulatory contexts relating to the fur trade, which was economically central to North American settlement and Indigenous economies for centuries. The word is functional but uncommon, appearing mainly in official documents rather than casual speech.
The furtaking season ran from November through February when the pelts were at their thickest.
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(chiefly, US) Hunting or trapping for pelts.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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