pelt
pronunciation
How to pronounce pelt in British English:
UK [pelt]
How to pronounce pelt in American English:
US [pɛlt]
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- Noun:
- the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- body covering of a living animal
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- Verb:
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
- rain heavily
Word Origin
- pelt
- pelt: see fell, pellet
- pelt (v.)
- "to strike" (with something), c. 1500, of unknown origin; perhaps from early 13c. pelten "to strike," variant of pilten "to thrust, strike," from an unrecorded Old English *pyltan, from Medieval Latin *pultiare, from Latin pultare "to beat, knock, strike." Or from Old French peloter "to strike with a ball," from pelote "ball" (see pellet (n.)) [Klein]. Watkins says the source is Latin pellere "to push, drive, strike." Related: Pelted; pelting.
- pelt (n.)
- "skin of a fur-bearing animal," early 15c., of uncertain origin, perhaps a contraction of pelet (late 13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Old French pelete "fine skin, membrane," diminutive of pel "skin," from Latin pellis "skin, hide" (see film (n.)). Or perhaps the source of the English word is Anglo-French pelterie, Old French peletrie "fur skins," from Old French peletier "furrier," from pel.
Example
- 1. Dude # 2 : if you had money I 'd kill you and wear you like a pelt .
- 2. Pelt sat next to him .
- 3. A pelt is nature 's insulation .
- 4. Following which , they will pelt you with feces .
- 5. Many prominent british scientists deemed it a hoax when presented with a sketch and pelt , in 1798 .