The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pelt rot
Pelt \Pelt\ (p[e^]lt), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see Pelisse); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.]
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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.Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes.
--Fuller. The human skin. [Jocose]
--Dryden.-
(Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
Pelt rot, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.
Wiktionary
pelt rot
n. A disease affecting the hair or wool of an animal.