Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cr'edit mobilier \Cr['e]`dit" mo`bi`lier"\ (m?`b?`ly?"). [F.
   cr['e]dit credit & mobilier personal, pertaining to personal
   property.]
   A joint stock company, formed for general banking business,
   or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on
   personal estate, after the manner of the {cr['e]dit foncier}
   on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has
   not been strictly observed.