pelt
Meaning
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- 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).
- The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
- The fur or hair of a living animal.
- (informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
- (obsolete) A garment made from animal skins.
- (obsolete) The body of any quarry killed by a hawk; also, a dead bird given to a hawk for food.
Synonyms
animal skin
ply with
throw at
shoot arrows
leather goods and furs
marten skin
throw things at
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɛlt/
Etymology
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”)
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