skelp

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

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.].

•  A blow; a smart stroke.  Brockett.  [1913 Webster]
•  A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain.  [1913 Webster]

skelp, v. t. 

•  To strike; to slap.  C. Reade.  [1913 Webster]
•  To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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.  [1913 Webster]