Pelt

Morpheme

Pelt

Type

free base

Denotation

strike, bombard, repeatedly beat or hit

Etymology

Middle English pelten, pelte, pelt; of unknown origin but possibly from (1) pelt “skin” or (2) Middle Low German or Middle Dutch pelten

Evidence

bepelt, pelt, peltable, pelted, pelter, pelting, peltingly, pelts, unpelted

Homographs

Pelt, Pelt