Pell

Pell, a surname, may refer to:Herbert Pell, a diplomat and United States Representative from New YorkClaiborne Pell, a United States Senator from Rhode IslandGeorge Pell, Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney, AustraliaCharley Pell, a University of Florida football coachJohn Pell, an English mathematicianThomas Pell, a 17th century New York landowner and physicianPhilip Pell, a Continental Congressman and relative of Thomas PellPell's Star, a name of Tau Ceti in the fictional Alliance-Union universe of C. J. CherryhPell's Equation, a kind of Diophantine Equation.Pell, a character in the Japanese anime One Piece
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v. peel, remove skin, shed skin

(v. t.)
To pelt; to knock about.
  

(n.)
A skin or hide; a pelt.
  

(n.)
A roll of parchment; a parchment record.
  

A post used for practising swordwork. A poem from the 15th century proves use at least from the high middle ages; targets may well have been painted or affixed to the pell to improve timing and accuracy. See Chronique: The Journal of Chivalry #6 .

nf - pilule (pl. Pëllen)