English Explanatory Dictionary

pell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fur or hide.
  2. A lined cloak or its lining.
  3. A roll of parchment; a record kept on parchment.
  4. A body of water somewhere between a pond and a lake in size.
  5. An upright post, often padded and covered in hide, used to practice strikes with bladed weapons such as swords or glaives.
verb
  1. To pelt; to knock about.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/pɛl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pell.wav

Word forms

pell pells pelling pelled

Etymology

From Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”), from Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-. Distantly related to fell and film.

Related words

fell pelisse pellage pellagra pellicle pelt peltry pell-mell

Derived words

clerk of the pells Pell City Pell-Fermat equation Pellian Pell number
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