pelter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a heavy rain
    downpour; deluge; cloudburst; soaker; waterspout; torrent.
  2. noun a thrower of missiles
    • the police were too busy to chase the pelters

WordNet

Pelt"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who pelts.
Pel"ter noun
Definitions
  1. A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. Obs. "Let such pelters prate." Gascoigne.

Webster 1913