pell

noun
/pɛl/

Etymology

From Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”), from Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-. Distantly related to fell and film.

  1. derived from *pel-
  2. derived from *pelnis
  3. borrowed from pellis

Definitions

  1. A fur or hide.

  2. A lined cloak or its lining.

  3. A roll of parchment

    A roll of parchment; a record kept on parchment.

  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. A body of water somewhere between a pond and a lake in size.

    2. An upright post, often padded and covered in hide, used to practice strikes with bladed…

      An upright post, often padded and covered in hide, used to practice strikes with bladed weapons such as swords or glaives.

    3. To pelt

      To pelt; to knock about.

      • Beat and pell them downe with perches and poles.
    4. A surname.

      • The SEOG is another type of grant awarded by the federal government to students from low-income families. Like a Pell Grant, you do not have to pay back the SEOG, and you must submit the FAFSA form to be eligible.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pell. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA