skep
Americannoun
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a round farm basket of wicker or wood.
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Also the amount contained in a skep.
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a beehive, especially of straw.
noun
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a beehive, esp one constructed of straw
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dialect a large basket of wickerwork or straw
Etymology
Origin of skep
before 1100; Middle English skeppe, late Old English sceppe < Old Norse skeppa half-bushel; akin to German Scheffel
Example Sentences
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It looks like a vintage bee skep made of wood for Godzilla-sized bees, but the experience inside is completely surprising.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
Naturally — as naturally as the bees leave the skep when smoked out — death threatens to break the bond between father and mother, husband and wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
But even to hard-bitten skep tics, the beginning was promising.
From Time Magazine Archive
Examining the doctrines, the skep tic has been apt to find myths far stronger than reality.
From Time Magazine Archive
The heat this morning seems to suffocate me, My head’s a skep of buzzing bees; and I pant Like an old ewe under a dyke, when the sun gives scarce An inch of shade.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
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