Definition of pelt

• n. - The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.
• n. - The human skin.
• n. - The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
• v. t. - To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
• v. t. - To throw; to use as a missile.
• v. i. - To throw missiles.
• v. i. - To throw out words.
• n. - A blow or stroke from something thrown.