pelt 1
/pelt/ , v.t.
1. to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
2. to throw (missiles).
3. to drive by blows or missiles: The child pelted the cows home from the fields.
4. to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc.
5. to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows: The wind and rain pelted the roofs and walls of the houses for four days.
v.i.
6. to strike blows; beat with force or violence.
7. to throw missiles.
8. to hurry.
9. to beat or pound unrelentingly: The wind, rain, and snow pelted against the castle walls.
10. to cast abuse.
n.
11. the act of pelting.
12. a vigorous stroke; whack.
13. a blow with something thrown.
14. speed.
15. an unrelenting or repeated beating, as of rain or wind.
[ 1490-1500; orig. uncert. ]
pelt 2
— peltish , adj. — peltless , adj.
/pelt/ , n.
1. the untanned hide or skin of an animal.
2. Facetious. the human skin.
3. in one's pelt , Facetious. naked.
[ 1275-1325; ME; perh. back formation from PELTRY; cf. OF pelete, deriv. of L pellis skin ]
Syn. 1. See skin .