different between surplice vs pelt

English

Etymology

From Old French surpeliz, from Medieval Latin superpelliceum, from Latin super (“over”) and pellis (“fur”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?pl?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??pl?s/
• Hyphenation: sur?plice

Noun

surplice (plural surplices)

1. A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “The Blessing”,^[1]

     He was a wide man and looked wider in his surplice, especially from our pew, which was close up under the pulpit.

Derived terms

• surpliced

Translations

Further reading

• surplice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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)

1. 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.
2. The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.
3. (humorous) Human skin.

   • A scabby tetter on their pelts will stick

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Possible contraction of pellet

Verb

pelt (third-person singular simple present pelts, present participle pelting, simple past and past participle pelted)

1. (transitive) To bombard, as with missiles.

   They pelted the attacking army with bullets.

2. (transitive) To throw; to use as a missile.

   The children pelted apples at us.

3. (intransitive) To rain or hail heavily.

   It's pelting down out there!

4. (transitive) To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
5. (intransitive) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.

   The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To throw out words.

Translations

Noun

pelt (plural pelts)

1. 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.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pelt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• -lept, lept, lept-

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

pelt

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of pellen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of pellen