Pelt rot, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.
Pelt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pelted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pelting.] [OE.
pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare,
equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive), and E. pulse a
beating.] 1. To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with
pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
The children billows seem to pelt the clouds.
Shak.