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pelt (s) (noun), pelts (pl)
1. The skin of a dead animal with the fur or hair still on it: The hunter was in the process of cutting the dead lion's pelt off its body.
2. A stripped animal skin ready for tanning: Jerome added the pelt of the fox to the others that were going to be prepared for making leather from rawhides.
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pelt (verb), pelts; pelted; pelting
1. To remove the skin from a deal animal: In the decumentary film, the hunter pelted the rabbit he had killed.
2. To bombard or assail someone with some kind of weapon or projectile: After the lecture, members of the audience pelted the speaker with many questions.
3. To throw or cast something again and again: The children pelted each other with snowballs after school was over.
4. To rain excessively: Wilber didn't want to go outside that afternoon because it was pelting heavily and constantly the whole time.
This entry is located in the following unit: pel-, -pell, -pellent, -peal (page 2)
pelt, pelt
pelt (PELT) (noun)
1. The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it: The hunter was in the process of cutting the lion's pelt off its body.
2. A stripped animal skin ready for tanning: Jerome added the pelt of the fox to the others that were going to be prepared for making leather from rawhides.
pelt (PELT) (verb)
1. To strike or to assail repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; to bombard: Jerry decided that he was going to pelt the other guys with snowballs.
2. To cast, hurl, or throw objects: Chris could see the rioter trying to pelt the police with bottles from the dumpster.
3. To hit against something repeatedly: Rain and hail continued to pelt against the windowpanes for hours.

The celebrity was wearing the pelt of an animal as a coat which outraged the crowd who started to pelt her with paint balls.

(Greek: shield; small-light shield)