Pell
Pell (pel) , transitive verb
[Compare Pelt, transitive verb]
To pelt; to knock about. [Obsolete] — Holland
Pell , noun
[Old French pel, French peau, Latin pellis a skin. See Fell a skin.]
1.
A skin or hide; a pelt.
2.
A roll of parchment; a parchment record.
Collocations (1)
Clerk of the pells , formerly, an officer of the exchequer who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called pell rolls. [English]