skelp

Meanings

Verb

• To beat or slap.
• To move briskly along.
• To form (a plate or bar of metal, etc.) into a skelp.
• To bend round (a skelp) in tube-making.

Noun

• A blow; a smart stroke.
• A squall; a heavy fall of rain.
• A large portion.
• A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe.

Origin

• From Middle English skelpen, probably of imitative origin. The noun is from Middle English skelp, from the verb.