'Pelt rot' definitions:

Definition of 'Pelt rot'

From: GCIDE

Pelt \Pelt\ (p[e^]lt), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see Pelisse); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.]
1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
2. The human skin. [Jocose] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
3. (Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk. [1913 Webster]
Pelt rot, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast. [1913 Webster]