Definitions of pelt:

• noun:   body covering of a living animal
• noun:   the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
• verb:   cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

  Example: "They pelted each other with snowballs"

• verb:   rain heavily
• verb:   attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

  Example: "Pelt the speaker with questions"

• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #13193)