ˈpelf noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French pelfre booty
1.
a. archaic : property , belongings
providing them weapon and other like pelf — Thomas Tusser
b. : money , riches, wealth
let him disenslave himself from the pelf of the world — Robert South
looked on him as an asset to earn us pelf or glory — John Galsworthy
2. chiefly Britain
a. : trash , refuse
b. dialect chiefly Britain : compost
3. dialect Britain : good-for-nothing