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).

To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin. / Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal. / (obsolete, rare) To remove feathers from (a bird).

To bombard (someone or something) with missiles. / To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.

A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower. / (archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown. / (except Ireland) A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.

A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag. / (by extension) Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.

(intransitive, obsolete) To bargain for a better deal; to haggle.

(historical) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped. / (botany) A flat apothecium with no rim.

plural of pelt

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pelt

simple past tense and past participle of pelt