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Definition pelt
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French pelette, diminutive of pel (“a skin”), from Latin pellis. Alternatively a contraction of peltry (“skins”) from the same Old French and Latin roots.
Noun
pelt (plural pelts)
- The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it.
- The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.
- (humorous) Human skin.
Etymology 2
Possible contraction of pellet
Verb
pelt (third-person singular simple present pelts, present participle pelting, simple past and past participle pelted)
- (transitive) To bombard, as with missiles.
- (transitive) To throw; to use as a missile.
- (intransitive) To rain or hail heavily.
- (transitive) To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
- (intransitive) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To throw out words.
Noun
pelt (plural pelts)
- A blow or stroke from something thrown.
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