pelt

CEFRB2

/pɛlt/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    The skin and fur of an animal.

  2. 02

    verb

    To throw many things at someone or something.

Examples

  • Do not pelt your dog with stones, so the neighbors will not imitate you.

  • The only one who really needs an ocelot pelt is the ocelot itself.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The fur or hair of a living animal.

  2. 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).

  3. The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.

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In context

  • The children are pelting each other with snowballs.

  • They pelted the attacking army with bullets.

  • Near-synonym: coat

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Origin

noun

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 no...