Peel
Encyclopedia
Peel or Peeling can refer to:
Australia
Canada
Other places
Title
- Peel (fruit)Peel (fruit)Peel, also known as rind or skin, is the outer protective layer of a fruit or vegetable which could be peeled off. The rind is usually the botanical exocarp, but the term exocarp does also include the hard cases of nuts, which are not named peels since they are not peeled off by hand or peeler, but...
, rind or skin
Places
- Peel Park (disambiguation)
- Peel Street (disambiguation)Peel Street (disambiguation)Peel Street is a street name in various places: * Peel Street, Hong Kong* Peel Street, Montreal, Canada...
Australia
- Peel (Western Australia)
- Peel River (New South Wales)Peel River (New South Wales)The Peel River is a river in New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Murray-Darling Basin.The Peel rises on the northern slopes of the Liverpool Range south of the village of Nundle. It flows generally north and west through the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, through Woolomin and...
- Peel IslandPeel IslandPeel Island is a small island located in Moreton Bay, east of Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia.During the mid-19th century Peel Island was used as a quarantine station for the colony of Brisbane. Sailing ships would anchor to the north of the Island, the passengers would disembark on Peel Island...
, Queensland
Canada
- Peel, New BrunswickPeel, New BrunswickPeel is a Canadian rural community in Carleton County, New Brunswick. It is located on the east side of the Saint John River, 5.71 km NNW of Hartland, on the road to Stickney. It is part of Peel Parish.A post office was first established here in 1862...
- Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario (Peel County until 1973)
- Peel (Montreal Metro)Peel (Montreal Metro)Peel is a station on the Green Line of the Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is downtown in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
, station - Peel River (Canada)Peel River (Canada)The Peel River is a tributary of the Mackenzie River in the Yukon and Northwest Territories in Canada. Its source is in the Ogilvie Mountains in the central Yukon at the confluence of the Ogilvie River and Blackstone River...
, tributary of the Mackenzie River - Peel SoundPeel SoundPeel Sound is an uninhabited Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located between eastern Prince of Wales Island and northwestern Somerset Island, while Parry Channel is at the northern opening and Franklin Strait is at the southern opening.There are several named islands...
, Nunavut
Other places
- Peel, Isle of Man
- Peel, NetherlandsPeel, Netherlandsthumb|250px|A peat lake near [[Griendtsveen]].thumb|250px|A barn roof with vegetation typical of the region.De Peel is a region in the Southeast of the Netherlands that straddles the border between the provinces of North Brabant and Limburg....
- Peel FellPeel FellPeel Fell is the highest hill in the Kielder Forest region of England, making it the highest hill for several miles in each direction until the Cheviot Hills to the north-east are reached. Because of this, it has enough relative height to make it a Marilyn...
, hill in Kielder Forest, UK - Peel Island, CumbriaPeel Island, CumbriaPeel Island is one of the three islands of Coniston Water in the English Lake District, Cumbria. The two others are Fir Island and Oak Island. It is most famous for being the inspiration for Arthur Ransome's Wild Cat Island...
, UK - Peel, ArkansasPeel, ArkansasPeel is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Arkansas, United States. Peel is located on Arkansas Highway 125 east of Lead Hill. Peel has a post office with ZIP code 72668....
, United States - Peel, OregonPeel, OregonPeel is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. It is located about six miles southeast of Glide near the Little River....
, United States
People
Surname- Andrée PeelAndrée PeelAndrée Peel was one of a couple of women known as Agent Rose .She worked against the German occupation of France as a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War....
(1905–2010), member of the French Resistance. - Ann PeelAnn PeelAnn Peel is a retired Canadian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...
(b.1963), Canadian race walker - Clifford PeelClifford PeelLieutenant John Clifford Peel was an Australian pilot serving in World War I. He also provided the information that Royal Flying Doctor Service needed to start fundraising.-References:...
(1894–1918), Australian World War I pilot - David Peel (musician), New York based musician best known for the Lower East Side Band
- Deborah C. PeelDeborah C. PeelDr. Deborah C. Peel is an American physician and national speaker on health privacy. She became active in privacy rights at the federal level in 1993 when she interpreted the Clinton Healthcare Initiative as requiring every doctor-patient encounter to be entered in a federal health database...
, American physician - Dwayne PeelDwayne PeelDwayne John Peel is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Sale Sharks and Wales. He is the most capped scrum-half for the Wales national rugby union team....
(b.1981), rugby union player - Edward PeelEdward PeelEdward Peel is a British actor.He has mostly appeared on television, his roles include Shogun , Juliet Bravo , Cracker , Emmerdale Farm and London's Burning...
(b.1953), British actor - Frederick PeelFrederick PeelSir Frederick Peel was a British Liberal Party politician.The second son of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, and was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a barrister in 1849....
(1823–1906) - Harry PeelHarry PeelHarold Burston "Harry" Peel was an English professional footballer who played for Arsenal and Bradford City.-References:...
, English professional footballer - Homer PeelHomer PeelHomer Hefner Peel , was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from -. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants....
(1902–1997), Major League Baseball player - John Peel (disambiguation)John Peel (disambiguation)John Peel may refer to:* John Peel , British broadcaster and radio personality, born John Ravenscroft* John Peel , huntsman and the subject of the 19th century song "D'ye ken John Peel"* J. H. B...
- Jonathan PeelJonathan PeelJonathan Peel was a British soldier, Conservative politician and racehorse owner.-Background and education:...
(1799–1879), British soldier and politician - Lawrence Peel (1799–1884), judge in India
- Mark PeelMark PeelMark Andrew Peel , historian and academic, is Professor of Modern Cultural and Social History and Head of the School of the Arts at the University of Liverpool. He was formerly a Professor and Head of the School of Historical Studies in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University in Australia...
(born 1959), Australian historian and academic - Paul PeelPaul PeelPaul Peel was a Canadian academic painter. Having won a medal at the 1890 Paris Salon, he became one of the first Canadian artists to receive international recognition in his lifetime.-Career and life:...
(1860–1892), Canadian painter - Peter PeelPeter PeelPeter J. Peel was a three time president of the United States Football Association. He also managed the U.S. Olympic team at the 1924 Summer Olympics and founded the Peel Cup.-Biography:...
(1866–1960), United States soccer administrator - Robert PeelRobert PeelSir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846...
(1788–1850), British Prime Minister and founder of the London Metropolitan Police - Robert Peel (disambiguation)Robert Peel (disambiguation)Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.Robert Peel may also refer to:* Robert Francis Peel , Governor of Saint Helena...
- Samuel W. PeelSamuel W. PeelSamuel West Peel was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born near Batesville, Arkansas, Peel attended the common schools.He served as clerk of the circuit court of Carroll County, Arkansas from 1858 to 1860....
(1831–1924), U.S. Representative from Arkansas - Sir Sidney Peel, 1st BaronetSir Sidney Peel, 1st BaronetThe Honourable Sir Sidney Cornwallis Peel, 1st Baronet , was a British soldier, financier and Conservative politician....
(1870–1938) - Thomas PeelThomas PeelMr. Peel, he moans, took him from England to Swan River, West Australia, means of subsistence and of production to the amount of £50,000. Mr. Peel had the foresight to bring with him, besides, 300 persons of the working-class, men, women, and children. Once arrived at his destination, "Mr. Peel was...
(1793–1865) early settler of Western Australia. - William Peel (disambiguation)
Title
- Earl PeelEarl PeelEarl Peel is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the Conservative Party politician William Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1921 to 1922, Secretary of State for India from 1921 to 1922 and 1928 to 1929 and First...
, British peerage - Peel BaronetsPeel BaronetsThere have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Peel, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom....
, several
Technology
- Peel (software)Peel (software)Peel is an MP3 blog reader/player/browser for Mac OS X. After you input an MP3 blog's URL, Peel generates a playlist of the available songs. From there, the user is able to listen to the songs, download the songs, and copy them into iTunes....
, Mac application for listening to songs from MP3 blogs - Peel (tool)Peel (tool)A peel is a shovel-like tool used by bakers to slide loaves of bread, pizzas, pastries, and other baked goods into and out of an oven. It is usually made of wood, with a flat carrying surface for holding the baked good and a handle extending from one side of that surface...
, long handled tool used in baking - Peel towerPeel towerPeel towers are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by the garrison to warn of approaching danger...
, fortified keep - Bitrate peelingBitrate peelingBitrate Peeling is a technique used in Ogg Vorbis audio encoded streams, wherein a stream can be encoded at one bitrate but can be served at that or any lower bitrate....
, Ogg Vorbis technique for changing the bitrate of an audio stream - Peel Engineering CompanyPeel Engineering CompanyThe Peel Engineering Company is a manufacturing company based on the Isle of Man that primarily made fibreglass boats as well as fairings for motorcycles. They were also responsible for the Peel Manxcar, Peel P50, and Peel Trident microcars, in addition to the Peel Viking Sport and prototype GRP...
, Manx boat and car manufacturer - PEEL, programmable electrically erasable logic, variant of the GAL (generic array logic)
Entertainment
- Peel (band)Peel (band)-Members:*Josh Permenter: guitar, vocals*Dakota Smith: guitar, vocals*Allison Moore: keyboards, vocals*Michael Rogers: bass*Anthony Castañeda: drums-External links:* *...
, indie rock band from Austin, Texas - Peel (film)Peel (film)Peel aka. An Exercise in Discipline - Peel is a 1982 Australian short film directed by Jane Campion. A father along with his son and sister is taking a trip, during which an orange peel has significance. Peel won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival....
, 1982 Australian short film directed by Jane Campion - Peeling (theater troupe), Asian American troupe based in New York City from 1995 to 2005
- Emma PeelEmma PeelEmma Peel was a fictional spy played by Diana Rigg in the British 1960s adventure television series The Avengers. She was born Emma Knight, the daughter of an industrialist, Sir John Knight.-Casting:...
, character in the television series The Avengers
Other
- Peel GroupPeel GroupThe Peel Group is a diversified real estate, transport and infrastructure investment company in the United Kingdom. It has assets owned and under management approaching £6 billion...
or Peel Holdings, UK property company, owner of several "Peel Centres" - Peel HotelsPeel HotelsPeel Hotels plc is a hotel company operating in the United Kingdom. It operates eight hotels and is listed on the AIM.The company was founded in 1998 by Robert Peel, when he bought the Bull Hotel in Peterborough...
, UK hotel company - Peel Thunder Football ClubPeel Thunder Football ClubThe Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park...
, an Australian rules football club - Center PeelCenter PeelCenter Peel, or simply "Peel" for short is a type of retreat practiced by modern-day infantry. This particular tactic is more specifically designed for situations where smaller groups of infantry withdraw from an engagement of a much larger force. In general terms, it is a sloped or diagonal...
or "Peel", infantry retreat technique - DesquamationDesquamationDesquamation , also called skin peeling, is the shedding of the outermost membrane or layer of a tissue, such as the skin.-Skin:Normal, nonpathologic desquamation of the skin occurs when keratinocytes, after moving apically over about 14 days, are individually shed unnoticeably...
- skin peeling - Moulting or "peeling" of animal skin
- Peel, in croquet, to send a ball other than the striker's ball through its hoop
See also
- Peel CommissionPeel CommissionThe Peel Commission of 1936-1937, formally known as the Palestine Royal Commission, was a British Royal Commission of Inquiry set out to propose changes to the British Mandate of Palestine following the outbreak of the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine...
, Royal Commission of Inquiry into Palestine, 1936–1937 - Orange Peel (disambiguation)
- Peeler (disambiguation)Peeler (disambiguation)A peeler is a metal blade attached to a handle that is used for peeling vegetables.Peeler may also refer to:People:* Anthony Peeler , American professional basketball player* Bob Peeler , Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina...
- Peele (disambiguation)Peele (disambiguation)Persons with the surname Peele include:* Beverly Peele , fashion model* George Peele , the English dramatist* Jordan Peele , sketch comedy actor* Randy Peele , basketball coach...
- Peale (disambiguation)