Pelt (?), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see Pelisse); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.] 1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. Sir T. Browne.
Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes. Fuller.
2. The human skin. Dryden.
3. (Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
Pelt rot, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.