Word Definition

Pelt

  1. The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
  2. To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
  3. To throw out words.
  4. To throw; to use as a missile.
  5. 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.
  6. The human skin.
  7. To throw missiles.
  8. A blow or stroke from something thrown.