English Dictionary

pelt

/pɛlt/

noun

A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower. / (archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown. / (except Ireland) A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.

The pelt of hailstones on the roof was deafening.

意味（1）

A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.

[D]azed and blinded, she bent her head as if to let the pelt of jagged hail, the drench of dirty water, bespatter her unrebuked.

意味（2）

(archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown.

[T]he cripple, in falling, gave him ſuch a good pelt on the head vvith his crutch, that the blood follovved.

意味（3）

(except Ireland) A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.

意味（4）

(except Midlands, Southern England (South West)) A fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.

The pope [Innocent IV] being in this pelt, Ægidus, a Spanish cardinal, thus interposed his gravity: […]

意味（5）

(chiefly Northern England except in at (full) pelt) An act of moving quickly; a rush.

It's a good day off us anyhow, and they're all going south-west by south full pelt as hard as they can go.