peleton

Definition

A small pellet or ball.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

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