pelt

English

/pɛlt/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pelette derived from Latin pellis (skin, pelt, hide, animal skin, covering) derived from Norwegian pels, belte root from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pel-

Gloss

dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

皮, 膚, 肌

Emoji

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