skelp
1or scelp
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
the sound of such a slap or smack.
to slap, smack, or strike (someone), especially on the buttocks; spank.
to drive (animals) by slapping or goading them.
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Other definitions for skelp (2 of 2)
metal in strip form that is fed into various rolls and welded to form tubing.
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How to use skelp in a sentence
skelp; a blow, to give a blow or blows; a piece cut off:—'Tom gave Pat a skelp': 'I cut off a skelp of the board with a hatchet.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceHe draws the skelp through two or more pairs of the above pincers or dies, each of less dimension than the preceding.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreIn making tubes of an inch of internal diameter, a skelp four inches and a half broad is employed.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreScelp, skelp, n. long strips of iron used in forming a gun-barrel.
It is not only the best descriptions of iron they plate with: twopenny skelp is more in use than any.
Gunnery in 1858 | William Greener
British Dictionary definitions for skelp (1 of 2)
/ (skɛlp) dialect /
(tr) to slap
a slap
Origin of skelp
1British Dictionary definitions for skelp (2 of 2)
/ (skɛlp) /
sheet or plate metal that has been curved and welded to form a tube
Origin of skelp
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