foumart

or foul·mart

[ foo-mert, -mahrt ]

noun

1. the European polecat, Mustela putorius.

foumart

/ ˈfuːmɑːt; -mət /

noun

1. a former name for polecat

Word History and Origins

Origin of foumart¹

First recorded in 1300–50, foumart is from the Middle English word fulmard, folmarde. See foul, marten

Word History and Origins

Origin of foumart¹

C15 folmarde : from Old English fūl foul + mearth a marten

Example Sentences

Then Evening goes to the hedgehog, to the fox, to the foumart, the whitterit, the bat, and the vole.

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Skins of whitterit or weasel, of foumart or pole-cat, of the wild cat itself, of great unsightly rats, of moles and of voles, and hawks and owls galore.

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A foumart was caught in the back kitchen; you may perhaps know it better by the name of polecat.

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They stayed stubbornly, but we had weight against them and the advantage of the little brae, and by-and-by we pinned them, like foumarts, against the stones.

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In my county, as well as in many parts of England, the popular name is "foumart," which is said to be derived from "foul marten."

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