peleton

A small pellet or ball.

Noun

  1. A small pellet or ball.
    • […] who continu'd still to pelter him with Heaps and Clouds of those Historical Balls or Librarian Bullets, or Pelotes or Peletons; […] - 1716, Miles Davies, “Of Medals, and Writings and Writers thereupon.”, in Athenæ...
  2. Misspelling of peloton.
    • 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. - 2009 January 18, Christopher Clarey, “Armstrong Returns to Riding With a...

Origin

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

Forms

peletons