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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Denmark is one of the few European countries to still produce mink fur, one of the more common pelts used in making fur garments.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
There were the pelts of small mammals and birds that hung in our garage — and from which my dad scavenged to make fishing flies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
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
Human hunting of wildcats—for pelts and because they were seen as vermin—in Great Britain in medieval times eventually drove the animals up into the remote highlands of Scotland.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 6, 2023
The furrier, a plain woman with spindly arms, leaned over the counter, digging her hands into a stack of fox pelts.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
