Definitions for: Skelp






Webster (1913) Definition: Skelp, v. t.
To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling;
also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making.


Skelp, n. [Cf. Prov. E. skelp to kick severely, to move
rapidly; Gael. sgealp, n., a slap with the palm of the hand,
v., to strike with the palm of the hand.]
1. A blow; a smart stroke. [Prov. Eng.] --Brockett.

2. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. [Scot.]


Skelp, v. t.
To strike; to slap. [Scot.] --C. Reade.


Skelp, n.
A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made
by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the
thick tube thus formed.

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