pelts

Trapper's raw goods

Pelts are animal skins, especially with fur or hair still attached: beaver pelts, fox pelts.

The fur trade dealt in pelts.

A pelt is also a beating or bombardment—rain pelts a window, hail pelts a roof.

To pelt someone is to throw things at them repeatedly: The crowd pelted the speaker with tomatoes.

At full pelt means at top speed.

furs

mink

Fur-bearing aquatic weasel

  • sableBlack, in heraldry
  • ermineWeasel prized for pelage
  • foxCunning wild canine

beaver · chinchilla · raccoon · otter · marten · lynx · coyote · rabbit · nutria · muskrat

throwing

hurl

Throw with great force

  • bombardAttack without ceasing
  • barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
  • pummelStrike repeatedly with fists

shower · batter · stone · throw · fling · chuck · sling · peppering · volley · assault

hides

leather

Tanned animal skin

goatskin · deerskin · buckskin · chamois · suede · nappa · vellum · drumhead · hide · tanning

weather

rain

Water dropping from clouds

  • hailIcy precipitation pellets
  • sleetPartly frozen precipitation
  • downpourIntense precipitation event

driving rain · lashing · battering · hammering · pounding · beating down · cloudburst · deluge · torrential · storm

Categories
Opposites
intensity of striking/throwing

peltstaps

Light repeated touches

pats · caresses · strokes · brushes · grazes

precipitation intensity

peltsdrizzles

Light, scattered precipitation

mists · sprinkles · taps · spits · dribbles

animal covering processing state

peltsleather

Tanned animal skin

suede · chamois · rawhide · faux fur · fabric

Phrases
Family

pelt, pelting, pelted

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