Pelt

Noun
pelt


 * 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.
 * 2) The human skin.
 * 3) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.

Verb

 * 1)  To bombard, as with missiles.
 * They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
 * 1)  To rain or hail heavily.
 * It's pelting down out there!
 * 1) To throw out words.
 * 2)  To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
 * 3) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
 * The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.

Thesaurus
Australian seal, Leatherette, Leatheroid, assail, assault, attack, bang, barrel, bash, baste, bat, batter, bearskin, beat, beating, beaver, beaverette, beeline, belabor, belt, biff, black fox, black marten, black sable, blow, bomb, bombard, bonk, bowl, brickbat, bristle, brook mink, buckskin, buffet, calf, calfskin, capeskin, capillament, cast, cat, catapult, charge, chinchilla, chinchillette, chop, chuck, chunk, cilium, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coast seal, coat, cock, come down, coney, cowhide, crack, cut, cuticle, dart, dash, deerskin, dermis, detonate, dig, dint, discharge, doeskin, drizzle, drop, drub, drubbing, drum, drumming, egg, eject, electric seal, ermine, fall, fell, fire, fire off, flail, flap, fleece, fleet, flesh, fling, flip, fly, fork, fox, fur, furring, furs, fusillade, genet, goatskin, gun, gun for, hair, heave, hide, highball, hit, horsehair, hotfoot, hurl, hurry, hurtle, imitation fur, imitation leather, integument, jab, jacket, jaguar, jerk, knock, lambaste, lance, lapidate, lapin, larrup, launch, lay about, leather, leather paper, leopard, let fly, let off, lick, load, lob, mane, marmot, marten, maul, merino, mink, mizzle, mole, moleskin, monkey, muskrat, nutria, otter, outer layer, outer skin, pass, paste, patter, peg, pellet, peltry, pelts, pepper, pick off, pigskin, pile, pistol, pitch, pitchfork, pitter-patter, plug, plunk, poke, pommel, pot, potshoot, potshot, pound, pour, pour with rain, precipitate, prime, pubescence, pubic hair, pulverize, pummel, punch, put, put the shot, rabbit, rabbitskin, raccoon, rain, rain tadpoles, rap, rawhide, riddle, rind, run, rush, sable, scoot, scurry, seal, serve, setula, shag, shagreen, sheath, sheepskin, shell, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, shower, shower down, shy, skin, skins, skunk, slam, slap, sledgehammer, sling, slog, slug, smack, smash, snap, snipe, sock, spank, spatter, spit, sprinkle, squirrel, stone, strafe, stream, strike, stroke, swat, swing, swipe, take a potshot, tattoo, teem, tegument, thrash, thresh, throw, thump, thwack, tiger, tilt, torpedo, toss, vair, wallop, weep, whack, whip, white fox, whop, wool, work over, yerk

Etymology 1
From pelette < pel "a skin" <  pellis; also a possible contraction of the related term peltry, "skins" generically.

Etymology 2
Possible contraction of pellet

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 禽兽的外皮
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: peau, dépouille
 * German: Pelz, Balg


 * Greek: προβειά, τομάρι
 * Icelandic:, loðskinn
 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: peau
 * German: Haut


 * Icelandic:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:

Related terms

 * fell
 * pelisse
 * pell
 * pellagra
 * pellage
 * pellicle
 * peltry
 * surplice

Verb

 * Finnish:


 * Icelandic: láta rigna á, láta dynja á, ausa yfir


 * Finnish:


 * Icelandic: hellirigna, steypast, steypast niður


 * Finnish: ,

Anagrams

 * lept