From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pell \Pell\ (p[e^]l), v. t. [Cf. Pelt, v. t.] To pelt; to knock about. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pell \Pell\, n. [OF. pel, F. peau, L. pellis a skin. See Fell a skin.] 1. A skin or hide; a pelt. [1913 Webster]
2. A roll of parchment; a parchment record. [1913 Webster]
Clerk of the pells, formerly, an officer of the exchequer who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called pell rolls. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]