Pell /(pĕl)/

Pell

v. t.
  1. To pelt; to knock about. [Obs.]

Pell

n.
  1. A skin or hide; a pelt.
  2. A roll of parchment; a parchment record.

Phrases & Compounds
Clerk of the pells
formerly, an officer of the exchequer who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called pell rolls.