Pelter

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pelter \Pelt"er\, n.
     One who pelts.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pelter \Pel"ter\, n.
     A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
     [Obs.] "Let such pelters prate." --Gascoigne.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pelter
       n 1: a heavy rain [syn: {downpour}, {cloudburst}, {deluge}, {waterspout},
             {torrent}, {soaker}]
       2: a thrower of missiles; "the police were too busy to chase
          the pelters"