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"pelt" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often fur (3 letters).
Definitions
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
Word origin
The verb is derived from the noun.
Used in a sentence
“My people got themselves pelts and pelts—there was such a trapping as comes but few times in a life. Pelts and pelts, the silver and the grey—fine pelts.”
“Near-synonym: coat”
“The Cauſes and the Signs ſhall next be told, / Of ev'ry Sickneſs that infects the Fold [of sheep]. / A ſcabby Tetter on their pelts vvill ſtick, / VVhen the ravv Rain has pierc'd 'em to the quick: […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Animal skin”4 letters
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