peag

• Существительное, обозначающее маленькие цилиндрические бусины из полированных раковин, традиционно нанизанные на нити или пояса и используемые некоторыми коренными народами Америки в качестве украшений или валюты.

A noun referring to small cylindrical beads made from polished shells, traditionally fashioned into strings or belts and used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency.

1. Shell beads used as currencyC1formalamerican

   Small cylindrical beads crafted from polished shells, often strung into belts or necklaces, historically used by some Native American tribes as a form of money or ornamentation.

   Раковины, используемые как валюта

   • The colonists traded goods for peag with the local tribes.
   • Wampum belts were often made from peag.
   • Peag was considered a valuable commodity in early colonial trade.

   Синонимыwampumwampumpeag