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pelt noun1. ME.
[Perh. var. of PELLET noun2 or shortened form of PELTRY noun1.]
The dressed or undressed skin of an animal with the wool, hair, etc., still on; a fell. ME.
J. Clavell He..worked the pelt around to bring the naked back legs out through the belly slit. fig.: N. Gordimer The long white pelt of a carpet with the feel of soft grass.
spec. The raw skin of an animal (esp. a sheep) stripped ready for tanning. M16.
A garment made of an animal pelt or animal pelts. M16-M17.
The human skin, esp. when bare. Now joc. E17.
in one's pelt naked.
The dead quarry of a hawk. E17.
Comb.: peltmonger arch. a dealer in pelts; pelt-wool wool pulled from the skin of a dead sheep.