Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Middle English form of peel.
  • A Middle English form of peal.
  • noun A Middle English form of peel.

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Examples

  • Decorating the cartouche were two Scottish Blackface sheep, one of those medieval towers called a pele that one stumbled upon occasionally in the countryside, a hawk, a bare-toothed hunting dog and a wild boar.

    Aching for Always Gwyn Cready 2010

  • There was another fish called a pele fish: it had a snout of a cubit long, and at the end of the vpper lip it was made like a peele.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584

  • The rugged "pele" tower, origin and source of all the rest, was now grouped with the gables and projections, the broad casemented windows, and deep doorways of a Tudor manor-house.

    Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I Humphry Ward 1885

  • A literatura dos excluídos ainda é uma pele de Boto que foi destruído ao longo dos séculos e que está esquecido e abandonado no fundo dos rios a precisar renascer_ ardentemente_ com a força da alma da natureza e humana.

    Global Voices in English » Brazil: Indian writers and poets on the blogosphere 2009

  • Digamos que Azagaia, que veste a pele do músico Edson da Luz, se tenha tornado mais popular dentro e fora do país.

    Global Voices in English » Mozambique: House of the Flying Azagaias 2009

  • February 25, 2009 11: 38 AM aaahhh baby. i cant believe u who seems so strong coulda ever been in such a vulnerable position, pele! now a lot of things figure. tobenna

    Before I lost her 2009

  • Para dar a conhecer a associação que ajuda os portadores de Alzheimer, www. regalamemoria.com, um grupo de actores fez as pessoas sentirem na pele os efeitos da doença.

    Alzheimer Red 2009

  • Standtall, pele. i know how u feel, but there are things we can't understand, that are beyond us ... we just have to keep trusting and believing God. we'll have our day for qstn and answers. pele dear.

    THE MYSTERY OF THEIR DEATH 2009

  • October 17, 2008 12: 18 PM pele ... may you feel comforted this period.

    And he is gone... 2008

  • Esta acção resultava numa experiência onde se poderia sentir na pele de um invisual e a importância dos cães guia para quem não vê.

    KNGF Red 2008

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