pelt
verb (used with object)
to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
pelts
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present tense formof pelt (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Beavers were hunted to extinction in Britain 400 years ago for their meat, furry water-resistant pelts and a substance they secrete called castoreum - used in food, medicine and perfume.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
Here, rampaging around in heavy pelts that double their girth, they’re clearly having a blast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
The costumes of the cachaceros, representing Africans, are phantasmagoric confections of old jaguar pelts, caiman skulls and peccary teeth.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Around 400,000 years ago, early humans hunted beavers as a food resource and possibly also for their pelts.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023
Their cloaks were made of skins, the pelts of bear and seal and wolf.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
