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pelter

noun

Etymology

From pelt + -er.

  1. derived from peletta
  2. derived from *pel-✻ — “to cover; to wrap; hide; skin; cloth”
  3. derived from pellis — “animal skin, hide, pelt; leather; garment made of animal skin”
  4. derived from pelete
  5. derived from pelette
  6. inherited from pellet — “skin of an animal, especially a sheep”
  7. inherited from pelt — “skin of a sheep, especially without the wool”
  8. suffixed as pelter — “pelt + er”

Definitions

  1. One who pelts.

    • Sketching is always a peltable or mobable offence, as being contrary to the Koran, and sitting down tempts the pelter.
    • Young stone-pelters took to the streets and faced armed police who fired straight at them, killing several.

  2. A pelting

    A pelting; a shower of missiles, rain, anger, etc.

  3. A pinchpenny

    A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To pelt.

      • A person is "peltered" when he is subjected to a shower of stones, a shower of hail-stones, or a shower of anything. "Naay, gi'e ower peltering — one at a time! that's enew."
      • Suddenly Iliin's machine-gun started rattling, peltering the columns, and a second machine-gun followed suit, whilst the Cossacks opened a continuous fire from all sides, seconded by the third, fith and second squadrons.
      • Chips as big as dinner plates were flying across the lawn and peltering the house like a gang of boys stoning telephone insulators.

The neighborhood

Derived

agropelter

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pelter. 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