pelt

Meaning

Noun

1. The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
2. (also, figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
3. The fur or hair of a living animal.
4. (Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
5. (obsolete) A garment made from animal skins.
6. (obsolete) The body of any quarry killed by a hawk; also, a dead bird given to a hawk for food.

Verb

1. (transitive) To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
2. (transitive) Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
3. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).

Verb

1. (transitive) To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
2. (transitive) To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
3. (transitive) Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
4. (transitive) Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
5. (dialectal, transitive) To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
6. (figuratively, transitive) To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
7. (intransitive, transitive) Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
8. (figuratively, intransitive, transitive) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
9. (also, archaic, figuratively, intransitive, transitive) Chiefly followed by at: to bombard someone or something with missiles continuously.
10. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To throw out harsh words; to show anger.

Verb

To bargain for a better deal; to haggle.

Synonyms

fur

hide

skin

leather

hurl

stream

hit

coat

🧥

rain buckets

pour

throw

cast

pepper

rain cats and dogs

bark

fling

bombard

animal skin

ply with

slap

smack

hail

whack

shower

🚿

blow

hair

shell

🐚

rind

run down

sheet

shuttlecock

shy

smite

snow

❄️

spatter

spout

sputter

stone

🪨

strike

teem

thump

toss

whiten

wool

zap

⚡

pilus

pour down

pour forth

rain pitchforks

throw at

Translations

peau

piel

pele

fourrure

vel

huid

pellejo

Pelz

Fell

pelle

dépouille

τομάρι

Haut

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɛlt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pelt

Inherited from Middle English: pellet

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: pels

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: pels

Inherited from Middle English: pilten

Inherited from Old English: *pyltan

In summary

The noun is inherited from Middle English pelt (“skin of a sheep, especially without the wool”); further etymology uncertain, possibly:
* from Middle English pellet (“skin of an animal, especially a sheep”), from Anglo-Norman pelette, pellet, and Old French pelete, pelette (“thin layer, film, skin; epidermis; foreskin”), from pel (“skin; garment made of animal skin, pelisse”) (from Latin pellis (“animal skin, hide, pelt; leather; garment made of animal skin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover; to wrap; hide; skin; cloth”)) + -ete (diminutive suffix); or
* from Late Latin peletta, pelleta, pelletta (“skin of an animal, especially a sheep”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Norwegian Bokmål pels (“fur; fur coat”)
* Norwegian Nynorsk pels (“fur; fur coat”)