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To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin. / Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal. / (obsolete, rare) To remove feathers from (a bird).

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pelt

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Source Word

pelt

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɛlt/

Verb

transitive obsolete rare

To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin. / Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal. / (obsolete, rare) To remove feathers from (a bird).

Japanese Meaning

動物の皮を剥ぐ、または皮をむくこと。主に 'from' を伴い、動物から皮を剥ぐことを指す。 / （廃用または稀な用法）鳥から羽をむしり落とすこと。

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He learned how to pelt a rabbit from his grandfather.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼は祖父からウサギの皮を剥ぐ方法を学んだ。

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Sense（1）

To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.

Let us take a typical case of a mink farmer here in Connecticut who is being forced to throw in the sponge this coming fall. […] He pelts from 3500 to 4000 minks a year and has a huge investment of several thousand dollars tied up in his mink business.

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Sense（2）

Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.

A gentleman (long agoe) lent him an old velvet ſaddle, […] [He] preſently untruſſeth, and pelts the out-ſide from the lining, […] with it he made him a caſe, or cover, for a dublet, which hath caſed and coverd his nakednes ever ſince: […]