Molt

Molt , imperfect

imperfect of Melt. [obsolete] — Chaucer

Molt , intransitive verb

[Old English mouten, Latin mutare. See Mew to molt, and compare Mute, transitive verb]

To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. — Bacon

Also: Moult

Molt , transitive verb

To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.

Also: Moult

Molt , noun

The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.

Also: Moult