See Also: pelt(medicine)
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pelt(2) (iou)



pelt noun2. LME.
[from PELT verb1.]
A vigorous blow or stroke (as) with a missile. LME.
Smollett The cripple..gave him..a good pelt on the head with his crutch.
b. The torrential falling of rain, snow, etc.; a pelting storm. E19.
Anthony Hope The rush of the wind and the pelt of the rain.
An outburst of temper; a rage. obsolete exc. dial. L16.
The action of pelting, esp. the action of running fast; an instance of this. E19.
at full pelt, full pelt as fast as possible.