Pelt Definition

pĕlt
pelted, pelting, pelts
noun
pelts
The act of pelting.
Webster's New World
A blow.
Webster's New World
The skin of a fur-bearing animal, esp. after it has been stripped from the carcass.
Webster's New World
The human skin.
Webster's New World

The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.

Wiktionary
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verb
pelted, pelting, pelts
To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects.
Pelted each other with snowballs.
American Heritage
To throw things at; strike with or as with missiles.
Webster's New World
To rush or hurry.
Webster's New World
To beat or strike heavily or steadily, as hard rain.
Webster's New World
To throw or cast (missiles)
Webster's New World
idiom
(at) full pelt
  • at full speed
Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pelt

  • (at) full pelt

Origin of Pelt

  • Middle English pelten variant of pilten perhaps ultimately from Latin pultāre to beat variant of pulsāre frequentative of pellere to strike pel-5 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English probably from Old French pelete diminutive of pel skin from Latin pellis pel-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Possible contraction of pellet

    From Wiktionary

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