pelt

[ US /ˈpɛɫt/ ]
[ UK /pˈɛlt/ ]
VERB
  1. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
    pelt the speaker with questions
  2. cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
    They pelted each other with snowballs
  3. rain heavily
    Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
NOUN
  1. body covering of a living animal
  2. the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
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How To Use pelt In A Sentence

  • Druses were common throughout the mesophyll tissues, and peltate, glandular trichomes were present on both epidermises.
  • Patients then had either normal or low-dose ciclosporin (also spelt cyclosporin), low-dose tac-rolimus or low-dose sirolimus. Times, Sunday Times
  • From the early 1620s, coastal Indians supplied wampum (sacred shell beads, polished and strung in strands, belts, or sashes) to Dutch traders who exchanged it with inland natives for beaver pelts.
  • Threadbare patches in her fur and mane shone dull against the her tawny pelt.
  • The men never exerted themselves except when hunger prompted, or a spent magazine made the acquisition of "peltries" necessary to barter for powder and ball. The Hive of "The Bee-Hunter," A Repository of Sketches, Including Peculiar American Character, Scenery, and Rural Sports
  • Solution 3 dissolves the pelt appreciably on the first day; after six days, solubilisation is complete. Synthetic Tannins
  • Judge Benson, unbudging in his view that justice had been done in the case of United States v. Leonard Peltier, refused to order a new trial, and once again (in 1984) his ruling was appealed before the circuit court. United States v. Leonard Peltier
  • The crowed pelted stones at the speaker.
  • The Croatian currency is the kuna, apparently named after a small furry animal like a stoat or weasel, the pelts of which used to be traded.
  • Als jullie mij lichaam van tempeltrap gooi, Gibbu, Blav, Mivve en Wallop, zij in dorp zeg jullie gevaarlijke moordenaars ben. Roleplay, culture and morality
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