1. Sec, sans végétation. La montagne pelée.
2. Dont on a enlevé la peau. Tomates pelées.
3. Qui n'a plus de cheveux. Crâne pelé, deux pelés et un tondu.
ETYM Old Eng. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse's forehead.
(Homonym: balled).
1. Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; SYN. bald-headed, bald-pated.
2. With no effort to conceal; SYN. barefaced.
3. Without the natural or usual covering; SYN. bare, denuded, denudate.