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pell.

A fur or hide.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɛl/
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

verb/pɛl/
  1. To pelt; to knock about.

    obsolete · transitive
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