pelt
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6.6
- noun
- /pɛlt/
:
piel
- She displayed a beautiful fox pelt as part of her traditional costume.
- jaguar pelt
- animal pelts
- tiger pelt
They're just all these awesome people with strange pelts and stuff all dressed.
- They're just all these awesome people with strange pelts and stuff all dressed.
- So in lieu of a traditional award, we had a coat made for you out of Tony Robbins Pelt What?
- Take the pelt, sell the pelt for money, have the kittens, sell the kittens for money.
- And they send all these value very, very, very valuable pelts to China when the Chinese elite like them because they were so warm.
- A Witcher crawling with scruples like a fox pelt with fleas.
- And if you had a soft pelt like mom, you wouldn't feel so much of the little knives.
Examples
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My, that's a handsome pelt you're wearing today.
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From racks in all directions hung spotted leopard pelts, shimmering beaver skins, and white winter fox stoles.
Fiction book (1990) -
A fine pelt for his wall.
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And let me tell you something, I snagged a pelt or two.
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In any event, I created this pelt suit for camouflage.
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People used to raise foxes for the pelts, you know.
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Burgess liked to trap bears and whatever else fell in for their pelts and meat.
Academic text (2007) -
The Native Americans always said that working with hides and pelts releases the soul.
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Because Leroy Jameson trapped animals for their pelts, as the law allowed him to do.
Fiction book (1991) -
The hunter carefully prepared the deer pelt for use in making warm clothing.
Synonyms
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1.0
The outer layer covering the body of a person or animal
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1.0
Soft thick hair that covers some animals or the material used for warm coats
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4.1
The skin of an animal used to make leather
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4.0
The skin of a large wild spotted cat used for clothing or decoration
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2.5
The woolly covering of a sheep after it is sheared
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3.9
Tanned sheep hide with wool left on used to make warm clothes
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5.6
The fur of a sea mammal used to make warm clothing
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2.0
The outer layer of an animal's body that people remove and use for leather or fur
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4.2
Skin from a young sheep with wool that people use to make warm clothes
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6.4
A wolf's skin that people use to make warm clothes or a rug
The skin of an animal prepared for use, for example as leather or fur
Made from sheepskin with the wool still on for warm clothing
How Warm
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pelt for an animal skin comes from Old French pel and Latin pellis, both meaning 'skin', so a pelt is literally an animal's skin with the fur or hair still on. That's why we still call furs and hides 'pelts'.