What is the meaning of the word "pelt"?
Definitions:
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body covering of a living animal noun
- The stoat had a beautiful ruby pelt.
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the dressed hairy coat of a mammal noun
- In the 1920s, it was a status symbol to have a pelt around your neck.
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to attack and bombard with or as if with missiles verb
- They pelted the speaker with questions.
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to cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile verb
- They pelted each other with snowballs.
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to rain heavily verb
- It pelted all night.