Pelt /(pĕlt)/

Pelt

n.
  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.
    Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes.
  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.

Pelt

v. t.

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.
  2. To throw; to use as a missile.
    My Phillis me with pelted apples plies.

Pelt

v. i.
  1. To throw missiles.
  2. To throw out words. [Obs.]
    Another smothered seems to pelt and swear.

Pelt

n.
  1. A blow or stroke from something thrown.