The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).

(also figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.

The fur or hair of a living animal.

(chiefly Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.

A garment made from animal skins or the body of any quarry killed by a hawk, also a dead bird given to a hawk for food in falconry.

A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.

(archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown.

A verbal insult or jeer, as well as a fit of anger or rage.

(chiefly Northern England except in at (full) pelt) An act of moving quickly; a rush.

A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.

(by extension) Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.

A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped, or a flat apothecium with no rim in botany.

To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.

Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.

(obsolete, rare) To remove feathers from (a bird).

Bombard, force, beat down, throw at continuously, beat or hit repeatedly, or assail with harsh words in speech or writing.

Fall forcefully, move rapidly, bombard continuously, or throw out harsh words.

(intransitive, obsolete) To bargain for a better deal; to haggle.