a long shovel-like tool used by bakers for moving bread into and out of the ovens
noun
a fortified house or tower of a type built during the 16th cent. on the border between Scotland and England
Peel,
Sir Robert 1788-1850; Brit. statesman: prime minister (1834-35; 1841-46)
See peel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pēl)
noun
The skin or rind of certain fruits and vegetables.
A chemical peel.
verbpeeled, peel·ing, peels verb, transitive
To strip or cut away the skin, rind, or bark from; pare.
To strip away; pull off: peeled the label from the jar.
verb, intransitive
To lose or shed skin, bark, or other covering.
To come off in thin strips or pieces, as bark, skin, or paint: Her sunburned skin began to peel.
Slang To remove one's clothes; undress.
Phrasal Verb: peel off To leave flight formation in order to land or make a dive. Used of an aircraft. To leave or depart.
(pēl)
noun
A long-handled, shovellike tool used by bakers to move bread or pastries into and out of an oven.
Printing A T-shaped pole used for hanging up freshly printed sheets of paper to dry.
(pēl)
noun
A fortified house or tower of a kind constructed in the borderland of Scotland and England in the 16th century.
(pēl), Sir Robert 1788-1850.
British politician. As home secretary (1822-1827 and 1828-1830) he established the London police force (1829) and helped pass the Catholic Emancipation Act (1829). He later served as prime minister (1834-1835 and 1841-1846).