yuft

English

Etymology

From Russian ю́фть (júftʹ).

Noun

yuft (countable and uncountable, plural yufts)

  1. Russia leather.
    • 1869, Great Britain. Parliament, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, page 295:
      About 250,000 poods of yuft are prepared annually, of which about 150,000 poods are red yuft, manufactured chiefly for foreign markets.
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