Peleton

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small pellet or ball. obsolete, rare

    "[…] who continu'd still to pelter him with Heaps and Clouds of those Historical Balls or Librarian Bullets, or Pelotes or Peletons; […]"

  2. 2
    Misspelling of peloton. alt-of, misspelling

    "It is a tribute to the past of bicycle racing and is full of antique equipment, faded photographs and videos of sprints and peletons past."

Example

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"[…] who continu'd still to pelter him with Heaps and Clouds of those Historical Balls or Librarian Bullets, or Pelotes or Peletons; […]"

Etymology

From the French peloton (“little ball”); compare peloton.

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