Pelter

pelt ¹  (plt)

n.

1. The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.

2. A stripped animal skin ready for tanning.

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[Middle English, probably from Old French pelete, diminutive of pel, skin, from Latin pellis; see pel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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pelt ²  (plt)

v. pelt·ed, pelt·ing, pelts

v.tr.

1. To strike or assail repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; bombard: pelted each other with snowballs.

2. To cast, hurl, or throw (missiles): children who pelted stones at the neighbors' windows.

3. To strike repeatedly: Hailstones pelted the tent.

v.intr.

1. To beat or strike heavily and repeatedly.

2. To move at a vigorous gait.

n.

1. A sharp blow; a whack.

2. A rapid pace: galloped away at a pelt.

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[Middle English pelten, variant of pilten, perhaps ultimately from Latin pultre, to beat, variant of pulsre, frequentative of pellere, to strike; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

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pelter n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pelter - a heavy rain                         downpour, soaker, torrent, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout rain, rainfall - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
	2.	pelter - a thrower of missiles; "the police were too busy to chase the pelters" thrower - someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)