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pelisse
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French pelisse, from Latin pellis (“skin”), from Ancient Greek ????? (pélla, “skin”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??li?s/
Noun
pelisse (plural pelisses)
- A fur-lined or fur robe or gown, especially as part of a uniform.
- (historical) A silk gown formerly worn by women, often lined or trimmed with fur.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- Mrs. Wix, after Miss Overmore's last demonstration, addressed herself wholly to the little girl […] , drawing from the pocket of her dingy old pelisse a small flat parcel […]
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- An overgarment worn by Victorian children when outside.
- 1848, William Mzkepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 11:
- Crawley is made to put on the brightest pea-green in her wardrobe, and my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets' daughters should.
- 1848, William Mzkepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 11:
Translations
Further reading
- pelisse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Seipels, Seiples, pieless
French
Noun
pelisse f (plural pelisses)
- pelisse
Further reading
- “pelisse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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pelt
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French pelette, diminutive of pel (“a skin”), from Latin pellis. Alternatively a contraction of peltry (“skins”) from the same Old French and Latin roots.Norwegian pels, Norwegian belte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
pelt (plural pelts)
- 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.
- The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.
- (humorous) Human skin.
- A scabby tetter on their pelts will stick
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Translations
Etymology 2
Possible contraction of pellet
Verb
pelt (third-person singular simple present pelts, present participle pelting, simple past and past participle pelted)
- (transitive) To bombard, as with missiles.
- They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
- (transitive) To throw; to use as a missile.
- The children pelted apples at us.
- (intransitive) To rain or hail heavily.
- It's pelting down out there!
- (transitive) To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
- (intransitive) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
- The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To throw out words.
Translations
Noun
pelt (plural pelts)
- A blow or stroke from something thrown.
- 2013, Karen-Anne Stewart, Healing Rain (page 134)
- Kas is awakened by the furious pelts of rain hitting the tin roof, and he rolls over, pulling his sleeping wife tightly into his arms.
- 2013, Karen-Anne Stewart, Healing Rain (page 134)
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pelt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- -lept, lept, lept-
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
pelt
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of pellen
- (archaic) plural imperative of pellen
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