Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
PELT
I. noun see: peltry
Date: 15th century
a usually undressed skin with its hair, wool, or fur, a skin stripped of hair or wool for tanning,
II. transitive verb
Date: 1596
to strip off the skin or pelt of (an animal),
III. verb
Etymology: Middle English
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1. to strike with a succession of blows or missiles , to assail vigorously or persistently , hurl , throw , to beat or dash repeatedly against , intransitive verb to deliver a succession of blows or missiles, to beat incessantly, to move rapidly and vigorously ; hurry , pelter noun
IV. noun
Date: 1513
blow , whack