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Etymology
From Middle English Pruce (“Prussia”) (whence also spruce), from new Latin, from a Baltic language, probably Old Prussian; for more, see Prussia. Compare French Prusse.
Noun
pruce (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Prussian leather.
1700, Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC, book III, page 50:Some for Defence would Leathern Bucklers uſe, / Of folded Hides; and others Shields of Pruce.
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