Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Poudre \Pou"dre\, n. [See {Powder}.]
   Dust; powder. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   {Poudre marchant} [see {Merchant}], a kind of flavoring
      powder used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] --Chaucer.