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Webster 1913 Edition


Yufts

Yufts

,
Noun.
[Russ.
iufte
.]
Russia leather.

Webster 1828 Edition


Yufts

YUFTS

,
Noun.
Russia lether, prepared from ox hides in a peculiar manner.

Definition 2024


yufts

yufts

English

Noun

yufts

  1. plural of yuft
    • 1819, Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, A Memoir on the Commerce and Navigation of the Black Sea
      The excellent yufts, which are peculiar to Russia, are well known in Europe, and are in great demand. They have also the art of preparing several other sorts of leather, of extraordinary quality, such as red, yellow and black saffians []