(pēl) noun
The natural coating of certain kinds of fruit, as oranges and lemons; skin; rind.
—v.t.
1. To strip off the bark, skin, etc., of.
2. To strip off; remove.
—v.i.
3. To lose bark, skin, etc.
4. To come off: said of bark, skin, etc.
5. Slang To undress.
—to keep one's eye peeled Colloq. To keep watch; be alert.
—to peel off Aeron. To veer off from a flight formation so as to dive or prepare for a landing. ♦ Homophone: peal. [Var. of earlier pill a skin, covering; infl. by F peler strip of skin]

(pēl) noun
1. A broad, thin, long-handled, shovel-like implement used by bakers in moving bread, etc., about an oven.
2. The blade or broad part of an oar. ♦ Homophone: peal. [<OF pele <L pala a spade]
PEEL
Vaulted lower story often used as a stable: living quarters above.

(pēl) noun
1. A square stronghold or tower of the 16th century, especially on the borders of Scotland and England: also peel′-house′ (-hous′).
2. Obs. A stake; stockade; palisade. ♦ Homophone: peal. [<AF pel <L palus a stake]

(pēl)
A port and resort on the west coast of the Isle of Man; site of an ancient castle.

(pēl), Sir Robert,
1788–1850, English statesman; introduced police reforms.