[pɛlt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- hurl missiles repeatedly at
(e.g: two boys pelted him with rotten apples)

- run somewhere very quickly
(e.g: I pelted across the road)


Phrases:
- at full pelt

Origin:
late 15th century: of unknown origin

[pɛlt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of hurling something at someone


Phrases:
- at full pelt

Origin:
late 15th century: of unknown origin

[pɛlt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the skin of an animal with the fur, wool, or hair still on it
(e.g: traders brought reindeer pelts)


Phrases:
- in one's pelt

Origin:
Middle English: either from obsolete pellet ‘skin’, from an Old French diminutive of pel ‘skin’, from Latin pellis ‘skin’, or a back-formation from peltry