noun
- people who deal in animal hides or skins, especially those who prepare them for leather-making
Usage: archaic; historical
Examples
- The fellmongers gathered at the market to trade sheep and cattle hides.
- Medieval fellmongers played an important role in the leather industry.
- The old fellmongers’ quarter of the city still bears traces of the ancient trade.
- Fellmongers would purchase raw hides from butchers and farmers.
- The guild of fellmongers regulated the hide trade in the town.
- Modern tanneries have largely replaced the traditional fellmongers.