Pelt — Defs

01 n. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.

1.
The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. See: Fell
“Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes.” — Fuller.
2.
The human skin.[Jocose]
3.
The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.(Falconry)

Phrases & compounds

Pelt rot — a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.

02 v. t. To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.

imp. & p. p. Pelted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pelting

1.
To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
“The chidden billows seem to pelt the clouds.” — Shak.
2.
To throw; to use as a missile.
“My Phillis me with pelted apples plies.” — Dryden.

03 v. i. To throw missiles.

1.
To throw missiles.
2.
To throw out words.[Obs.]
“Another smothered seems to pelt and swear.” — Shak.

04 n. A blow or stroke from something thrown.