Meaning & use
pelt
The skin of an animal, especially with the fur or hair still attached.
See it in a sentence
Trappers sold beaver pelts to fur traders throughout the colonial period.
The wolf's thick winter pelt kept it warm even in the harshest storms.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'pelt' means to throw things forcefully at someone, or, of rain, to fall hard and fast.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To throw things forcefully at someone, or, of rain, to fall hard and continuously.
Angry protesters pelted the car with eggs as it drove past.
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