pelter noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •One who pelts.Sketching is always a peltable or mobable offence, as being contrary to the Koran, and sitting down tempts the pelter. — 1915 •(figurative) A pelting; a shower of missiles, rain, anger, etc. •(old-fashioned) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. verb1 •(dialect, nonstandard) To pelt.A person is "peltered" when he is subjected to a shower of stones, a shower of hail-stones, or a shower of anything. "Naay, gi'e ower peltering — one at a time! that's enew." — 1862 formspeltered · peltering · pelters
