noun
- Plural of fitchew; polecat or ferret-like animals, or their fur.
Usage: archaic; chiefly historical
Examples
- The merchant traded in fitchews and other exotic furs.
- Fitchews were kept by hunters to help flush rabbits from their burrows.
- The coat was lined with fitchews fur, a luxury of the Renaissance.
- In medieval times, fitchews were valued for both hunting and their pelts.